Project Gutenberg 2012-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 52 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 en Nullification (States' rights) E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 217017 217026 2024-09-17T08:07:48.754154 2023-09-17T16:11:55.670136 text/html text/html 215170 2012-09-17T10:44:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 141926 2012-09-17T10:44:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 139748 2024-09-17T08:07:51.590190 application/epub+zip 141356 2024-09-17T08:07:49.189156 application/epub+zip 141356 2024-09-17T08:07:48.965198 application/epub+zip 213736 2024-09-17T08:07:53.737112 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196386 2024-09-17T08:07:51.367109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193883 2022-09-18T16:26:07.140753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204604 204398 2024-09-17T08:07:48.536164 2023-09-17T16:11:55.458119 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 204435 2012-09-17T10:44:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 67448 2012-09-17T10:44:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18081 2024-09-17T08:07:53.958106 application/rdf+xml 15704 2024-09-17T08:07:49.035136 image/jpeg 2613 2024-09-17T08:07:49.000150 image/jpeg 152183 2024-09-17T08:07:48.775138 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog