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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... Statute 65 B. The President's Powers 67 C. Censure and Protest 71 D. Expungement 73 E. Ruminations 75 III. State Banks and State Treasuries 79 IV. And Tyler T00 83 CHAPTER 4: CUSTOMS 88 I. The South Carolina Exposition 89 II. The Hayne ...
... Statute 65 B. The President's Powers 67 C. Censure and Protest 71 D. Expungement 73 E. Ruminations 75 III. State Banks and State Treasuries 79 IV. And Tyler T00 83 CHAPTER 4: CUSTOMS 88 I. The South Carolina Exposition 89 II. The Hayne ...
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... statutes, executive orders. congressional journals and debates, reports of Senate and House committees, and presidential messages, supplemented by secondary materials and by such more or less original papers as letters, diaries, and ...
... statutes, executive orders. congressional journals and debates, reports of Senate and House committees, and presidential messages, supplemented by secondary materials and by such more or less original papers as letters, diaries, and ...
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... statutes and treaties. Cong Deb, 21st Cong, 1st Sess, Omitted Speeches at 5-18 (following p 1148). 2c'2 Richardson ... statute set aside all unorganized territories for exclusive Indian use, and removal was accomplished, at great human ...
... statutes and treaties. Cong Deb, 21st Cong, 1st Sess, Omitted Speeches at 5-18 (following p 1148). 2c'2 Richardson ... statute set aside all unorganized territories for exclusive Indian use, and removal was accomplished, at great human ...
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... statute book, to repudiate at all times encroachments upon its spirit, . . . it is not less true that the public good and the nature of our political institutions require that individual differences should yield to a wellsettled ...
... statute book, to repudiate at all times encroachments upon its spirit, . . . it is not less true that the public good and the nature of our political institutions require that individual differences should yield to a wellsettled ...
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... statute might also be necessary and proper to providing a Navy. Some $14,500,000 were expended under this statute before the subsidy was repealed in 1858. See 11 Stat 364, § 4 (Jun 14, 1858) (limiting compensation under future contracts ...
... statute might also be necessary and proper to providing a Navy. Some $14,500,000 were expended under this statute before the subsidy was repealed in 1858. See 11 Stat 364, § 4 (Jun 14, 1858) (limiting compensation under future contracts ...
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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