Project Gutenberg 2012-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 530 Loring, Caleb William 1819 1897 09022900 Nullification, Secession, Webster's Argument, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Considered in Reference to the Constitution and Historically Produced by David Edwards, Rosanna Murphy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Nullification, Secession, Webster's Argument, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions" by Caleb William Loring is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book examines the constitutional debates surrounding nullification and secession in the context of the United States' formation and the preservation of the Union. It specifically focuses on the arguments presented by Daniel Webster in response to southern claims of state sovereignty, particularly those advanced by Robert Hayne and John C. Calhoun, and explores the interpretation of the Constitution through a historical lens. The opening of this work introduces the author's motivation to address a perceived misrepresentation of Webster's stance on the nullification doctrine, which was often defended by southern contemporaries. Loring lays the groundwork by highlighting the debates of the early 19th century, notably the fierce exchanges between Webster and Hayne in the Senate regarding the legitimacy of state rights to secede from the Union. He argues that the Union was intended to be national and indissoluble, thereby challenging the notion that states had the authority to nullify federal laws or secede from the Union. This perspective sets the stage for a deeper exploration of constitutional interpretation and the historical context of these contentious issues. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41673/41673-h/images/title_page.jpg Reading ease score: 40.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Nullification (States' rights) Secession JK Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics 361022 2025-08-17T03:55:13.444218 text/html 335623 2024-10-23T13:06:54 text/html 194684 2025-08-17T03:55:18.759191 application/epub+zip 197950 2025-08-17T03:55:14.497207 application/epub+zip 180092 2025-08-17T03:55:13.971214 application/epub+zip 308663 2025-08-17T03:55:22.098177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269903 2025-08-17T03:55:18.220191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252052 2022-09-19T05:36:53.688617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286743 2025-08-17T03:55:12.880224 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 266678 2024-10-23T13:06:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16870 2025-08-17T03:55:22.232186 application/rdf+xml 13270 2025-08-17T03:55:14.070184 image/jpeg 2150 2025-08-17T03:55:14.021197 image/jpeg 178559 2025-08-17T03:55:13.475175 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