Description |
xii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Series |
Witness to history |
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Witness to history (Baltimore, Md.)
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PSU Faculty or Staff Author.
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Note |
Childers, PSU Faculty or Staff Author. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index. |
Contents |
Prologue : we the states or we the people? -- New England's march toward nationalism -- The South's march toward sectionalism -- The West asserts its power -- The great debate -- Nullification and nationhood -- Epilogue : the Webster-Hayne Debate in historical memory. |
Summary |
"The Webster-Hayne Debate centers on the question that consumed the Early Republic: Did state sovereignty or the federal Constitution rightfully claim preeminence? Begun in 1830 during a Senate discussion of western land policy and continuing through the South Carolina legislature's nullification of a federal tariff, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina took part in a heated debate that landed on the question of union--its nature and its value in a federal republic. Christopher Childers treats this debate as an important moment in the Early Republic, one in which spokesmen for the generation that followed the founders parsed the difference between a confederation of states, any one of which could decide whether to leave the compact of 1789, and a lasting union based on the principles of the revolution"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
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Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839.
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Nullification (States' rights) -- Speeches in Congress.
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States' rights (American politics) -- Speeches in Congress.
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Foot's resolution, 1829.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837.
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Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839. (OCoLC)fst00170276
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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. (OCoLC)fst00052144
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Foot's resolution (1829) (OCoLC)fst00931351
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Nullification (States' rights) (OCoLC)fst01715976
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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States' rights (American politics) (OCoLC)fst01716031
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1829-1837
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Genre/Form |
Speeches. (OCoLC)fst01774286
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Speeches. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2011026363
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ISBN |
9781421426136 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1421426137 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781421426143 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1421426145 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781421426150 (electronic book) |
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1421426153 |
Standard No. |
40028460842 |
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