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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Speech of Mr. Webster, in the senate, in reply to Mr. Calhoun's speech on the bill "Further to provide for the collection of duties on imports."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.018 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 16 February 1833 Pagination: 48 p. ; 23 x 14.3 cm. Order a Copy

Response to John C. Calhoun's bill "Further to provide for the collection of duties on imports," which opposed the tariff bills passed. Webster attacks the states' rights language underlying Calhoun's resolutions, analyzes their language (and that of the Constitution) and argues that nullification is not provided for in the Constitution. First edition. Printed by Gales and Seaton.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850

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