Description: Webster-Hayne Debate : Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic, Paperback by Childers, Christopher, ISBN 1421426145, ISBN-13 9781421426143, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
A crucial senatorial debate on the question of the states’ relationship to the federal government.
Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union. Was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne and others of his mindset, only the vigilant protection of states’ rights could hold off an attack on the southern way of life, which was undergirded by slavery. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster, on the other hand, believed that the political and economic ascendancy of New England—and the nation—required a strong, activist national government.
In The Webster-Hayne Debate, Christopher Childers focuses on the sharp dispute that engaged Webster and Hayne in January 1830. During Senate discussion of western land policy, Childers explains, the senators’ exchanges grew first earnest and then heated, finally landing on the question of union—its nature and its value in a federal republic. Childers argues that both Webster and Hayne, and the factions they represented, saw the West as key to the success of their political plans and sought to cultivate western support for their ideas.
A short, accessible account of the conflict and the related issues it addressed, The Webster-Hayne Debate captures an important moment in the early republic. Ideal for use in college classrooms or for readers interested in American history, this book examines a pivotal moment and a critical problem in the history of US politics. It also shows how Americans grappled with the issues of nationalism, sectionalism, and the meaning of union itself—issues that still resonate today.
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Book Title: Webster-Hayne Debate : Defining Nationhood in the Early American
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Webster-Hayne Debate : Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / 19th Century, Constitutions, Historical, American Government / National
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: Christopher Childers
Series: Witness to History Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
