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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... Buchanan. Household names, all of them.17 A nation blessed with Webster, Clay, and John C. Calhoun chose Harrison, Taylor, and Pierce.18 Amid the puny anonymities who inhabited what we have come to call the White House between Jackson ...
... Buchanan. Household names, all of them.17 A nation blessed with Webster, Clay, and John C. Calhoun chose Harrison, Taylor, and Pierce.18 Amid the puny anonymities who inhabited what we have come to call the White House between Jackson ...
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... across the Isthmus of Panama, Secretary of State James Buchanan recommended that federal engineers be sent to survey a possible route. Polk put his foot down: 56Polk Papers (microfilm), Reel 61, series 5 (Library of Congress, Intercourse ...
... across the Isthmus of Panama, Secretary of State James Buchanan recommended that federal engineers be sent to survey a possible route. Polk put his foot down: 56Polk Papers (microfilm), Reel 61, series 5 (Library of Congress, Intercourse ...
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... Buchanan tried again a few days later and ran into the same stone wall: He then enquired of me if the Minister of New Granada should request the services of one of our officers of Topographical Engineers to make the survey for his ...
... Buchanan tried again a few days later and ran into the same stone wall: He then enquired of me if the Minister of New Granada should request the services of one of our officers of Topographical Engineers to make the survey for his ...
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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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