Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . THERS.—18:32. State Sovereignty, Instead of the Bederal Government, Claimed by them to be Supreme.—The Wratliof President Jackson Aroused —Uis Stern and Heroic Will Upholds the National Auth
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . THERS.—18:32. State Sovereignty, Instead of the Bederal Government, Claimed by them to be Supreme.—The Wratliof President Jackson Aroused —Uis Stern and Heroic Will Upholds the National Authority andSaves the Union from Anarchy and from the Perils of Disnienilwrnient.—Momentous Nature ofthis Contest.—The Tarirta Kock of Otiense—Action in the Palmetto State.—Anti-Nationaland Defiant.—Pacific Proposals Scouted.—A Political Dinner in Washington.—Jacksons and Cal-houns Toasts.—Plan of the Conspirators.—A Bombshell in Their Camp.—Convention of Agitatorsin Columbia —Nullification Ordinance Passed.— Old Hickory Bold and Resolute.—His Peremp-tory Proclamation.—South Carolinas Counter-Blast.—United States Troops Sent to Charleston.—Presidential Idea of Compromising.—Clays Conciliation Scheme.—The Leading Nullifiers inDanger.—Jackson Threatens to Hang Them—They are Housed from Bed at Midnight.—TwoAllernalives Presented.—Swallowing a Bitter ** Thou too. tail on. O thip of on, O l^nluN. etrofiK aoil K^AtiHuiimiiiTv. witti ull iln all flft hoixi of Iulure tmogiii^; breatbicBs on thy fittu I ITTEK and momentous was the political contestwliicli shook the Union to its very center in 1832, theyear in wliich culminated, in all its violence, theSouth Carolina doctrine of State Rights and Xulliti-? iition. In a general, preliminary way, the nature or rigin of this great sectional conflict presents itselftiius : A powerful party in South Carolina, led on byable and ambitious politicians, contende
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