... 's misbehavior of its traditional limits. Many Northerners understood that these opinions cancelled the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which to them was a holy idol. Set slaveholders' obsession for state dominance, Representative Daniel Pope Cook of Illinois disbelieved whether they would upkeep the prohibition of slavery north of the recommended Missouri Compromise line. "Are we all to understand gentlemen as surrendering the ... ...

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... future. To prevent this, Calhoun laid out his ideas in this ordinance and as pressure and tensions built up, his chosen spokesperson; Sen. Robert Hayne of South Carolina and Sen. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts would violently debate over the ideal of nullification, with the majority believing that Webster was the much more dominant of the two in the debate. Due to ... ...

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... benefiting the nation as a whole. However, it was actually constitutional because of the Tenth Amendment that was passed in previous years. Jackson's veto was obviously opposed by many people, including Daniel Webster. In Document C, Webster accuses the veto for the sole purpose of "turning against [classes] the prejudices and resentment of other classes." He feels that Jackson is doing this to ... ...

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