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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... Congress, 1900) [hereafter cited as Richardson]. See also Joseph Story, 1 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, § 400 (Brown, Shattuck, 1833) [hereafter cited as Story], embracing the “first and fundamental rule” that ...
... Congress, 1900) [hereafter cited as Richardson]. See also Joseph Story, 1 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, § 400 (Brown, Shattuck, 1833) [hereafter cited as Story], embracing the “first and fundamental rule” that ...
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... Congress, 1835—1865 (HR Misc Doc 57, 38th Cong, 2d Sess) (Government Printing Office, 1865) Edward S. Corwin, The President: Office and Powers (NYU, 1940) Lynda L. Crist, ed, The Papers of Jefferson Davis (10 vols to date) (LSU, 1971 ...
... Congress, 1835—1865 (HR Misc Doc 57, 38th Cong, 2d Sess) (Government Printing Office, 1865) Edward S. Corwin, The President: Office and Powers (NYU, 1940) Lynda L. Crist, ed, The Papers of Jefferson Davis (10 vols to date) (LSU, 1971 ...
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... Congress could finance improvements that benefited the nation as a whole, and the Maysville Road was one “of purely ... Congress already had power to spend for the purpose of constructing roads and canals of national importance, the ...
... Congress could finance improvements that benefited the nation as a whole, and the Maysville Road was one “of purely ... Congress already had power to spend for the purpose of constructing roads and canals of national importance, the ...
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... Congress could not provide for purely local improvements, and in principle there was no difference between improving existing ways and constructing new ones. Like his predecessors, however, Polk was prepared to accept venerable ...
... Congress could not provide for purely local improvements, and in principle there was no difference between improving existing ways and constructing new ones. Like his predecessors, however, Polk was prepared to accept venerable ...
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... Congress did not improve them. Article I, § 10 empowered Congress to consent to the imposition of state tonnage duties on vessels plying navigable waters; that was how river and harbor improvements had been paid for until Congress began ...
... Congress did not improve them. Article I, § 10 empowered Congress to consent to the imposition of state tonnage duties on vessels plying navigable waters; that was how river and harbor improvements had been paid for until Congress began ...
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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