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Hayne, Robert Y., 1791-1839 Columbia Telescope--Extra, Thursday, December 13, 1832.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02890 Author/Creator: Hayne, Robert Y., 1791-1839 Place Written: Columbia, South Carolina Type: Broadside Date: 13 December 1832 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 43 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

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 enforce by all the means that may be entrusted to my hands, her SOVEREIGN WILL. I recognize no ALLEGIANCE, as paramount to that which the citizens of South Carolina, owe to the State of their birth,"

Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839

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