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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... Webster Debate 93 III. The Nullification Ordinance 99 IV. President Jackson's Response 105 V. The Compromise of 1833 111 VI. Cadenza 117 Part Two: The Kitchen Sink CHAPTER 5: ENUMERATED AND LIMITED POWERS 123 I. Admiralty and Commerce ...
... Webster Debate 93 III. The Nullification Ordinance 99 IV. President Jackson's Response 105 V. The Compromise of 1833 111 VI. Cadenza 117 Part Two: The Kitchen Sink CHAPTER 5: ENUMERATED AND LIMITED POWERS 123 I. Admiralty and Commerce ...
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... Webster, who stood for a broad interpretation of federal powers to promote the economy. But there were other elements too, most notably the essentially Southern states-rights Whigs like John Tyler, who shared with his nationalist ...
... Webster, who stood for a broad interpretation of federal powers to promote the economy. But there were other elements too, most notably the essentially Southern states-rights Whigs like John Tyler, who shared with his nationalist ...
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... 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 and Lincoln, only Polk seems remotely of presidential timber, and ...
... 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 and Lincoln, only Polk seems remotely of presidential timber, and ...
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... Webster, Clay, and the increasingly extremist Calhoun in the early 1850's, the baton passed to such notable successors as Stephen A. Douglas, John J. Crittenden, Jefferson Davis, William H. Seward, and Salmon P. Chase. Abraham Lincoln ...
... Webster, Clay, and the increasingly extremist Calhoun in the early 1850's, the baton passed to such notable successors as Stephen A. Douglas, John J. Crittenden, Jefferson Davis, William H. Seward, and Salmon P. Chase. Abraham Lincoln ...
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... Webster, Clay, and Calhoun (Oxford, 1987) Wayne Cutler, ed, Correspondence of James K. Polk (9 vols to date) ... Webster Diplomatic Papers Webster Speeches White, The Jacksonians Wiltse, Calhoun Abbreviations and Shortened Titles xxi.
... Webster, Clay, and Calhoun (Oxford, 1987) Wayne Cutler, ed, Correspondence of James K. Polk (9 vols to date) ... Webster Diplomatic Papers Webster Speeches White, The Jacksonians Wiltse, Calhoun Abbreviations and Shortened Titles xxi.
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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