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John C. Calhoun: “On the Relation Which the States and General Government Bear to Each Other”

( 1831 ) Commentary by Kirk H. Beetz, UC Davis, Emeritus
  • “The great and leading principle is, that the General Government emanated from the people of the several States, forming distinct political communities, and acting in their separate and sovereign capacity, and not from all of the people forming one aggregate political community; that the Constitution of the United States is, in fact, a compact.” - “On the Relation Which the States and General Government Bear to Each Other”
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