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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... Secretary of the Treasury under the new Constitution, Congress had assumed state Revolutionary War debts, imposed a tariff with protective features, and established a National Bank. It had declined, however, even to debate his proposal ...
... Secretary of the Treasury under the new Constitution, Congress had assumed state Revolutionary War debts, imposed a tariff with protective features, and established a National Bank. It had declined, however, even to debate his proposal ...
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... Secretary Albert Gallatin, who ought to have known, said the Bank had succeeded admirably. Considerations on the Currency and Banking Systems of the United States (1831), 3 Gallatin Writings at 231, 236. See also South Carolina ...
... Secretary Albert Gallatin, who ought to have known, said the Bank had succeeded admirably. Considerations on the Currency and Banking Systems of the United States (1831), 3 Gallatin Writings at 231, 236. See also South Carolina ...
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... 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 l9.
... 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 l9.
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... Secretary of the Treasury had written portions of his annual address: “[T]he tariff part and every other part of it is my own. . . . I wrote the whole message”; 4 id at 261 , musing that the public could not imagine the burdens of the ...
... Secretary of the Treasury had written portions of his annual address: “[T]he tariff part and every other part of it is my own. . . . I wrote the whole message”; 4 id at 261 , musing that the public could not imagine the burdens of the ...
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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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