The Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic (Witness to History)

Synopsis

The Webster-hayne Debate Centers On The Question That Consumed The Early Republic: Did State Sovereignty Or The Federal Constitution Rightfully Claim Preeminence? Begun In 1830 During A Senate Discussion Of Western Land Policy And Continuing Through The South Carolina Legislature's Nullification Of A Federal Tariff, Daniel Webster Of Massachusetts And Robert Y. Hayne Of South Carolina Took Part In A Heated Debate That Landed On The Question Of Union--its Nature And Its Value In A Federal Re Christopher Childers Treats This Debate As An Important Moment In The Early Republic, One In Which Spokesmen For The Generation That Followed The Founders Parsed The Difference Between A Confederation Of States, Any One Of Which Could Decide Whether To Leave The Compact Of 1789, And A Lasting Union Based On The Principles Of The Revolution-- We The States Or We The People? -- New England's March Toward Nationalism -- The South's March Toward Sectionalism -- The West Asserts Its Power -- The Great Debate -- Nullification And Nationhood -- The Webster-hayne Debate In Historical Memory. Christopher Childers. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.