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In this report the absurd doctrines of nullification and secession are canvassed, and it is shown that they never can be carried out in practice but by a dissolution of the Union.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “In this report the absurd doctrines of nullification and secession are canvassed, and it is shown that they never can be…”
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Quincy discusses the impracticality of nullification and secession, linking it to the dissolution of the Union.
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