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... tion's history and add depth and dimen- sion to the broad outlines shaped by the great figures who towered above them . " In his developing political career Jackson mirrored the metamorphosis of the young nation . He was elected to the ...
... tion's history and add depth and dimen- sion to the broad outlines shaped by the great figures who towered above them . " In his developing political career Jackson mirrored the metamorphosis of the young nation . He was elected to the ...
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... tion . As an ardent Republican , he began political life as a states ' rights ad- vocate and an implacable foe of the Alien and Sedition Acts . Over the years , however , he became a staunch nationalist . Throughout his career he made ...
... tion . As an ardent Republican , he began political life as a states ' rights ad- vocate and an implacable foe of the Alien and Sedition Acts . Over the years , however , he became a staunch nationalist . Throughout his career he made ...
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... tion , were severa are not now recollected · and the words I used are aithe at that time my friend Mike Eppes my request reduced them to writing , & furnished the with But hearing nothing further from you , lift it with other papers ...
... tion , were severa are not now recollected · and the words I used are aithe at that time my friend Mike Eppes my request reduced them to writing , & furnished the with But hearing nothing further from you , lift it with other papers ...
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Contents
The Formative Years | 5 |
The Youthful Legislator | 19 |
From Log Cabin to Clapboard Mansion | 37 |
Jeffersonian Congressman | 59 |
Defender of American Rights | 81 |
An Era of Transition | 107 |
Industrial Entrepreneur and Patriot | 127 |
Wartime Congressman | 151 |
Postwar Congressman | 177 |
The Monongalia Navigation Company | 195 |
Constitutional Reform in Virginia | 217 |
The Final Years | 233 |
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Page 255 - Government, the legitimate meaning of the Instrument must be derived from the text itself; or if a key is to be sought elsewhere, it must be, not in the opinions or intentions of the body which planned and proposed the Constitution, but in the sense attached to it by the people in their respective State Conventions, where it received all the authority which it possesses.