Project Gutenberg 2012-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 113 Everett, Alexander Hill 1790 1847 Everett, A. H. (Alexander Hill) Everett, Alex H. (Alexander Hill) Strictures on Nullification Produced by David Edwards, David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Strictures on Nullification" by Alexander Hill Everett is a political treatise written in the early 19th century. The work critically addresses the contentious issue of nullification as it emerged in discussions around tariff laws and states' rights, particularly focusing on actions taken by South Carolina. The text likely serves as a response to arguments made by notable politicians of the time, underscoring the author's commitment to the principles laid out in the U.S. Constitution. The opening of the work sets the stage for a profound examination of the concept of nullification, which South Carolina had begun advocating as a means to reject federal tariff laws. Everett details the state’s actions, including the summoning of a legislature and the formation of a convention aimed at passing an 'Ordinance to nullify' said laws. He challenges the legal justifications for such actions, arguing that they contradict constitutional principles and would ultimately be both impractical and detrimental to the stability of the nation. Throughout, he engages with the intellectual underpinnings of nullification, dissecting the claims put forth by its supporters while maintaining that true authority rests with the federal system established by the Constitution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40785/40785-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 36.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Nullification (States' rights) E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics Category: History - American Category: Politics 217207 2025-06-16T14:39:37.347177 text/html 215170 2012-09-17T10:44:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 140031 2025-06-16T14:39:40.361125 application/epub+zip 141387 2025-06-16T14:39:37.823158 application/epub+zip 141387 2025-06-16T14:39:37.575148 application/epub+zip 213808 2025-06-16T14:39:42.582128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196498 2025-06-16T14:39:40.111157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193883 2022-09-18T16:26:07.140753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204398 2023-09-17T16:11:55.458119 text/plain 15717 2025-06-16T14:39:42.721113 application/rdf+xml 15704 2025-06-16T14:39:37.651158 image/jpeg 2613 2025-06-16T14:39:37.613146 image/jpeg 152236 2025-06-16T14:39:37.374177 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia