The American History Leaflets For Schools. The attention of Normal instructors, Superintendents and Teachers is invited to the peculiar educative value of the American History Leaflets series when used for supplementary reading and reference as adjuncts to the regular text-book in United States history. The matter comprised in the Leaflets consists of reprints of famous documents that were the mainspring of political action, or the result ants c great event: Pupil under The super sors a conta furthe T NFORD UNIVERSITY thus of portant forbids. e epoch ditorial Profesnumber use in are: Angel 5 from efriend. A No. 1 Jnited unctua nents. Reprints of the secession ordinances passed by the Southern States at the opening of the Civil War. No. 18. Lincoln's Inaugural and First Message to Con...gress 1861. ... Excellent as reading material, as well as for its historical value. No: 20. The Articles of Confederation, with prelimirary Documents. 1776-1781. The most important sources on the foundation of the first Federal governpeit Bount stout paper covers, price 10 Cents per copy. Avenue, NEW YORK. No discussion in Congress aroused so much public interest, between The issue was, whether or no a state could be compelled to ac an act of Congress which it believed to be unconstitutional. The im diate effect of these speeches was to concentrate the arguments of critical period; but the later effects were even more important. So Carolina continued at intervals to reassert the right of nullification if need be of secession, down to 1861; and Webster's line of argum became the standard defense of the Union, and had great influenc determining the North to resist secession in 1861. The extracts are made from the collected writings,-Daniel Webs Works, and John C. Calhoun, Works-as being the most authorita texts; and from the records of debates in Congress-Hayne's spee A set of extracts from three of these speeches will be found prin in Alexander Johnston, Representative American Orations, I. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, to which both sides quently allude, and the secession ordinances, which illustrate farthest point reached in States Rights, are printed in American tory Leaflets, Nos. 12, 15; Lincoln's doctrine as to the Union in the sa series, No. 18. Brief accounts of the controversy over nullification (including th speeches) may be found in H. von Holst, John C. Calhoun, ch. iv; C. Lodge, Daniel Webster, chs. vi, vii; Woodrow Wilson, Division Reunion, ch. ii; W. G. Sumner, Andrew Jackson, chs. x, xiii. M exhaustive accounts in George T. Curtis, Life of Daniel Webster, I, c xvi-xix; George Tucker, History of the United States, IV, chs. xx xxvii; H. Von Holst, Constitutional History, I, ch. xii. Special works on the subject are David F. Houston, Critical Stud Nullification in South Carolina (Harvard Historical Studies, III.); Ca W. Loring, Nullification, Secession, Webster's Argument. A brief bib graphy on the subject is Channing and Hart, Guide to the Stud American History, § 183, with references to other bibliographies. I-1828. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition Our system, then, consists of two distinct and indepe ent Governments. The general powers, expressly delega to the General Government, are subject to its sole and separ control; and the States cannot, without violating the cons tutional compact, interpose their authority to check, or any manner to counteract its movements, so long as th are confined to the proper sphere. So, also, the pecul and local powers reserved to the States are subject to th exclusive control; nor can the General Government int fere, in any manner, with them, without violating the C stitution. In order to have a full and clear conception of our ins tutions, it will be proper to remark that there is, in system, a striking distinction between Government a |