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to William S. Holabird

Discusses Connecticut politics. Believes that a man named Asa Child will again try to get his name on the Central Committee by the Democratic convention. Warns Holabird to guard against this as Child " ... is an artful fellow, and will make use of...

GLC03390.03

Farewell address of Andrew Jackson

This document is a copy of Andrew Jackson's farewell address. In it, he says "Our country has improved and is flourishing beyond any former example in the history of nations," Jackson writes. Like Washington's farewell address, he warns of the...

GLC03680

to Francis P. Blair

Asks Blair to draft a resolution against the Bank of the United States, which he will show to his state legislature in Georgia. Objects specifically to foreign investors being involved with the Bank. Also wants the resolution to denounce those who...

GLC03209.07

to Francis P. Blair

Informs Blair that he has praised both him and his newspaper in a letter to Congressman Hiester of Pennsylvania, and has endorsed Blair for role of printer for congress. Has also enclosed a few paragraphs on nullification for Blair to publish, which...

GLC03209.18

to William Jarvis

Written as Senator from Kentucky. Clay blames the rise of nullification on the "triumph of Gen. [Andrew] Jackson over Mr. [John Quincy] Adams in 1828, alludes to the dangers of the nullification controversy, and highlights his role in effecting a...

GLC03307

Columbia Telescope--Extra, Thursday, December 13, 1832.

Prints the inaugural speech of South Carolina Governor Robert Y. Hayne. Proclaims the authority of states' rights during the Nullification crisis. " ... it is my fixed determination to assert and uphold the SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY OF THE STATE, and to...

GLC02890

Proclamation by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States.

Proclamation attacks the South Carolina Convention that passed the nullification ordinance. Denounces nullification as treason and rebellion, and warns the people of South Carolina to obey the laws. Jackson declares that "the power to annul a law...

GLC01863

Proclamation, by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States.

Attacks South Carolina's plans of nullification, warns that "disunion by armed force is treason," and threatens harsh punishment. In 1832, South Carolina claimed that it had the right as a state to nullify federal law, in particular the federal...

GLC01895

Connecticut herald. [Vol. 28, no. 41 (August 30, 1831)]

Includes excerpts of letters regarding Nat Turner's Rebellion, claiming that more than 58 whites have been killed, and that the uprising consists of between 150 and 300 participants armed with "fowling-pieces, clubs, &c." A list of white victims is...

GLC08681

The Liberator. [Vol. V, no. 42 (October 17, 1835)]

Article on the front page mentions Southern nullifiers and refers to the South's empty threats. Other articles are about abolition and other anti-slavery issues. On page 3 there is a mention of a lynching that occurred nearby.

GLC08711

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 45, whole no. 565 (April 3, 1851)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes an article by former United States Representative Joel Roberts Poinsett on nullification. Contains articles on "The Free Soilers and the Abominable...

GLC08875.42

to Frank H. Alfriend

Noted at top "Strictly Confidential." Discusses events of 1850, 1857-8-9 and 1860-61. He argues that repeal of the Missouri Compromise logically allowed nullification of other things as well. Blames abolitionism. Argues that the South had to...

GLC05344.01

Register of debates in Congress: Volume IX.

Published in Washington D.C. by Gales and Seaton. Signed by James K. Polk while a Tennessee Congressman. Includes debates on reduction of duties, public lands and import tariffs, nullification, debate of Jackson's proclamation, Calhoun's...

GLC05514

to Curtis Dixon

Sends his congratulations on his cousin's marriage and jokes that he believes "a state of matrimony is upon the whole the best state in the Union, and will be the last to yield to the sundering doctrine of nullification, and that there is little...

GLC05575

to Joseph Blunt

Discusses an example of a British sailor executed for serving on an American ship during the war of 1812. Also discusses Andrew Jackson's election, de-emphasizing its importance, and comments that "the real difficulties of the Country are in another...

GLC06312

to Jonathan Roberts

Written as Vice President under Martin Van Buren. Mentions Henry Clay and states that Roberts can discern his feelings toward Clay from their relations. But remarks that he has never broken ties with distinguished men just because of politics....

GLC06575

An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837.

Inscribed on front cover: "John Connell Esq. from John Quincy Adams" Discusses the history of the independence movement; finding support from the Declaration of Independence; attacking nullification and states rights; condemning slavery; supporting...

GLC00506

Nullification and compromise; a retrospective view

Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Number 27 in a series. Reviews the history of the Nullification Crisis as a means to demonstrate that South Carolina's actions were a "mere pretext" to slavery and civil war.

GLC01265.13

Against the Degradation of the States: an Oration Delivered Before the Peace Democracy, at Canton, Stark County, Ohio, July 4, 1863

Published at the request of the Democrats. Argues that the recognition of the South is inevitable. Proclaims that the federal government is attempting to overthrow the sovereignty of the Confederate States. Emphasizes the right and constitutional...

GLC01265.17

The rebuke of secession doctrines

Includes three speeches delivered by General Andrew Jackson, Honorable Horace Maynard, and Mr.Gaulden (delegate from Georgia). The speeches were delivered at various places; General Jackson's speech was delivered at the South Carolina Convention of...

GLC01265.20

Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt

Full title is: "Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt, Upon the Policy of the General Government, the Pending Revolution, Its Objects, and the Duty of Kentucky in the Crisis." Printed by Henry Polkinhorn in Washington, D.C. Printed copy of a letter Holt...

GLC08694

to Solomon G. Haven

Discusses a debate at the opening of the 26th Congress. When New Jersey's representative seats were contested and the House was unable to count a full quorum to make necessary organizational decisions, issues such as states' rights and nullification...

GLC04906

Inaugural address of the President of the United States, on the fourth of March, 1861.

Lincoln focuses on increasing his support in the North while attempting to not further alienate the South. He references four important documents: Henry Clay's 1850 Speech on compromise, Webster's reply to Hayne, Andrew Jackson's proclamation...

GLC05123

to James A. Hamilton

Writing to James Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton, Jackson comments on the rush of official business at the height of the Nullification Crisis. Mentions that he heard from Hamilton's mother, wife of Alexander Hamilton, and is pleased that she is...

GLC05176

Report adopted by the Legislature of Georgia on the resolutions of South Carolina and Ohio ...

Title continues, " ... in relation to the powers of the general government and state rights, and to the subject of slavery." 20th Congress, 2nd session. Report concludes that the writers of the Constitution did not intend all power to be...

GLC00267.016