Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the RepublicG. P. Putnam, 1897 - 461 pages |
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... direct representation of the people . In 1783 , an attempt was made by Congress to secure power by im- post tax to pay the debt incurred by the Revolution . It was 1786 before the States had all acted ; and then New York had nullified ...
... direct representation of the people . In 1783 , an attempt was made by Congress to secure power by im- post tax to pay the debt incurred by the Revolution . It was 1786 before the States had all acted ; and then New York had nullified ...
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... direct- ing their internal polity , it is absolutely destructive of the end of their institution , that their legislatures should be suspended , or prevented , by hasty dissolu- tions , from exercising their legislative powers . Wanting ...
... direct- ing their internal polity , it is absolutely destructive of the end of their institution , that their legislatures should be suspended , or prevented , by hasty dissolu- tions , from exercising their legislative powers . Wanting ...
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... direct them . To obtain redress of these grievances , which threaten destruction to the lives , liberty , and property of his Majesty's subjects in North - America , we are of opin- ion , that a non - importation , non - consumption ...
... direct them . To obtain redress of these grievances , which threaten destruction to the lives , liberty , and property of his Majesty's subjects in North - America , we are of opin- ion , that a non - importation , non - consumption ...
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... direct object the establish- ment of an absolute tyranny over these states . To prove this , let facts be submitted to a candid world , for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood . He has refused his assent to ...
... direct object the establish- ment of an absolute tyranny over these states . To prove this , let facts be submitted to a candid world , for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood . He has refused his assent to ...
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... direct , shall , in the presence of Congress , be drawn out by lot ; and the persons whose names shall be so drawn , or any five of them shall be commissioners or judges , to hear and finally determine the controversy . The United ...
... direct , shall , in the presence of Congress , be drawn out by lot ; and the persons whose names shall be so drawn , or any five of them shall be commissioners or judges , to hear and finally determine the controversy . The United ...
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Page 292 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 97 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties, appertaining to them.
Page 44 - ... into any state to any other state, of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided, also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any state on the property of the United States, or either of them. If any person guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any state...
Page 27 - But, from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America...
Page 44 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 387 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 46 - The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the united states in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Page 44 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 405 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 46 - Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the united states, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union : but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.