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100 1 _aLoring, Caleb William,
_d1819-1897
245 1 0 _aNullification, Secession, Webster's Argument, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions :
_bConsidered in Reference to the Constitution and Historically
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-12-20
508 _aProduced by David Edwards, Rosanna Murphy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Nullification, Secession, Webster's Argument, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions" by Caleb William Loring is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book examines the constitutional debates surrounding nullification and secession in the context of the United States' formation and the preservation of the Union. It specifically focuses on the arguments presented by Daniel Webster in response to southern claims of state sovereignty, particularly those advanced by Robert Hayne and John C. Calhoun, and explores the interpretation of the Constitution through a historical lens. The opening of this work introduces the author's motivation to address a perceived misrepresentation of Webster's stance on the nullification doctrine, which was often defended by southern contemporaries. Loring lays the groundwork by highlighting the debates of the early 19th century, notably the fierce exchanges between Webster and Hayne in the Senate regarding the legitimacy of state rights to secede from the Union. He argues that the Union was intended to be national and indissoluble, thereby challenging the notion that states had the authority to nullify federal laws or secede from the Union. This perspective sets the stage for a deeper exploration of constitutional interpretation and the historical context of these contentious issues. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNullification (States' rights)
653 _aSecession
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41673
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