Background of the nullification crisis
read the following passage from the virginia resolutions, written by james madison in 1800
the passage
choose the correct words to finish
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confederacy
granted
constitution
illegal
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"the drag and drop answer here, having taken this view of the federal compact, proceed to infer that, in cases of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous
exercise of other powers, not drag and drop answer here by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound
to interpose to arrest the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
drag and drop answer here of the united states was formed by the sanction of the states, given by each in its ding and drop w here capacity. it adds
to the stability and dignity, as well as to the drag and drog of the constitution, that it rests on this solid foundation. the
drag and drop answer here, then, being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity that there can be
no tribunal above their authority to decide, in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated, and, consequently, as parties to it, they
must themselves decide, in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require their interposition"