The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861The Constitution in Congress series has been called nothing less than a biography of the US Constitution for its in-depth examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation. This third volume in the series, the early installments of which dealt with the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras, continues this examination with the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 and subsequent efforts by Democrats to dismantle Henry Clay’s celebrated “American System” of nationalist economics. David P. Currie covers the political events of the period leading up to the start of the Civil War, showing how the slavery question, although seldom overtly discussed in the debates included in this volume, underlies the Southern insistence on strict interpretation of federal powers. Like its predecessors, The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs will be an invaluable reference for legal scholars and constitutional historians alike. |
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... Andrew Jackson and that of Abraham Lincoln—from the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 to the outbreak of the Civil War. There was a kind of terrible unity to this period: the apparently inexorable slide toward disunion and rebellion. As ...
... Andrew Jackson and that of Abraham Lincoln—from the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 to the outbreak of the Civil War. There was a kind of terrible unity to this period: the apparently inexorable slide toward disunion and rebellion. As ...
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... Jackson's first term. Thus I have abandoned my earlier plan to subtitle the third volume “1829—1845” and the fourth ... Andrew Jackson to restore an uneasy truce.5 Expansion, slavery, and the American System were the dominant issues of ...
... Jackson's first term. Thus I have abandoned my earlier plan to subtitle the third volume “1829—1845” and the fourth ... Andrew Jackson to restore an uneasy truce.5 Expansion, slavery, and the American System were the dominant issues of ...
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... President Jackson's deplorable inclination to expand executive authority. The dominant element of the Whig coalition revolved around such nationalistic leaders as Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, who stood for a broad interpretation of ...
... President Jackson's deplorable inclination to expand executive authority. The dominant element of the Whig coalition revolved around such nationalistic leaders as Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, who stood for a broad interpretation of ...
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... Andrew Jackson (Harper & Row, 1988) [hereafter cited as Remini, Jackson]. Works pertaining principally to the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War are cited in the Preface to volume four of this series. Abbreviations and ...
... Andrew Jackson (Harper & Row, 1988) [hereafter cited as Remini, Jackson]. Works pertaining principally to the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War are cited in the Preface to volume four of this series. Abbreviations and ...
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... Andrew Jackson (7 vols) (Carnegie, 1926—35) Sam B. Smith et al, eds, The Papers of Andrew Jackson (6 vols to date) (Tennessee, 1980—) David P. Currie, The Constitution in Congress: The Jeffersonians, 1801—1829 (Chicago, 2001) Robert W ...
... Andrew Jackson (7 vols) (Carnegie, 1926—35) Sam B. Smith et al, eds, The Papers of Andrew Jackson (6 vols to date) (Tennessee, 1980—) David P. Currie, The Constitution in Congress: The Jeffersonians, 1801—1829 (Chicago, 2001) Robert W ...
Contents
The Kitchen Sink
| 121 |
Conclusion | 278 |
Dramatis Personae | 281 |
Appendix B Principal Officers 18291861 | 303 |
Appendix C The Constitution of the United States | 311 |
Index | 327 |
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The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861 David P. Currie No preview available - 2013 |
The Constitution in Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861, Volume 4 David P. Currie No preview available - 2006 |
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