state-rights

The state-rights crowd - confusingly called federalists - supposedly have a lot of resentment towards Washington and don't want power concentrated there.

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He soon became involved in conflict with the states-general and, by arresting some of the leaders of Holland and attacking Amsterdam itself (1650), forced the submission of the state-rights group.

b. The Dutch Republic 2001

Is this essential work of internationalism consistent with the preservation of the sovereignty and independence of the present national state, or does its performance involve some definite cession of these national state-rights to the requirements of an international government?

The Unity of Civilization Various

About the time that Calhoun was spreading the heresy of his state-rights doctrine in South Carolina and taking his 'logical ground' on the slavery question, a class, then almost universally branded as fanatics, but whose proportions have since very largely swelled, arose at the

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

From the first, he was an ardent advocate of the state-rights theory of government, and the right of secession, and for thirteen years he defended these theories in the Senate, gradually emerging as the most capable advocate the South possessed.

American Men of Action Burton Egbert Stevenson 1917

From the first, he was an ardent advocate of the state-rights theory of government, and the right of secession, and for thirteen years he defended these theories in the Senate, gradually emerging as the most capable advocate the South possessed.

American Men of Action Stevenson, Burton E 1913

The state-rights elements in Virginia quickly rallied to the support of the judges, and the Supreme Court found itself face to face with an incensed public opinion in the Old

Union and Democracy Allen Johnson 1900

Federalists borrowed state-rights arguments without a tremor; and Republicans employed the language of centralization with Federalist facility.

Union and Democracy Allen Johnson 1900

True, in 1858, the committee of which he was a member threw the bill into the form of a mail contract in order that it might not run counter to the state-rights views of senators, but he seems to have favored every one of the numerous measures looking to the building of the road which had any prospect of success.

Stephen Arnold Douglas William Garrott Brown 1890

He was a member of the State Legislature for several sessions, from 1838 to 1850, and was very popular from his decided state-rights opinions, and the ability and firmness with which he maintained them.

Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884