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What Confederates Really Thought of Nullification
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It is sometimes claimed that the principles of nullification are simply energized attempts to protect slave rights. It is also alleged that Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's blueprint was simply used to perpetuate a "Neo-Confederate" mentality, one that acted to deprive individuals of liberty rather than protecting it.
These opinions couldn't be farther from the truth. This is proven definitively by history.
The southern aristocracy actually scorned nullification to such an extent that notable Confederate leaders wrote of its alarming affect, and distanced themselves from such principles. Similarly, southern states made it a point to assert that a dominant reason for which they seceded from the union was due to acts of nullification by the northern states.
For the rest: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/01/31/what-confederates-really-thought-of-nullification/
You are here:
It is sometimes claimed that the principles of nullification are simply energized attempts to protect slave rights. It is also alleged that Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's blueprint was simply used to perpetuate a "Neo-Confederate" mentality, one that acted to deprive individuals of liberty rather than protecting it.
These opinions couldn't be farther from the truth. This is proven definitively by history.
The southern aristocracy actually scorned nullification to such an extent that notable Confederate leaders wrote of its alarming affect, and distanced themselves from such principles. Similarly, southern states made it a point to assert that a dominant reason for which they seceded from the union was due to acts of nullification by the northern states.
For the rest: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/01/31/what-confederates-really-thought-of-nullification/
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