Hayne–Webster debate
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The Hayne–Webster debate was a famous 1830 U.S. Senate exchange between Robert Y. Hayne and Daniel Webster over states’ rights, nullification, and the nature of the federal Union.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Webster–Hayne debate | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Senate debate
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political event ⓘ |
| cause |
disputes over the disposition of western public lands
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sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinCongress | 21st United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedBySource | congressional debates of the 21st Congress ⓘ |
| endDate | 1830-01-27 ⓘ |
| followed |
Nullification Crisis (background phase)
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Tariff of 1828 controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | parliamentary debate ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
influenced public opinion against nullification
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shaped later constitutional debates on secession ⓘ strengthened nationalist interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
featured in U.S. history and civics education
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frequently cited in American constitutional law scholarship ⓘ |
| hasPart |
First reply to Hayne by Daniel Webster
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First speech of Robert Y. Hayne ⓘ Second reply to Hayne by Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ Second speech of Robert Y. Hayne ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Daniel Webster
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Robert Y. Hayne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Senate ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
federalism in the United States
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nature of the federal Union ⓘ nullification ⓘ states’ rights ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ |
| notableWork | “Second Reply to Hayne” by Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignmentOfHayne |
states’ rights
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support for nullification ⓘ |
| politicalAlignmentOfWebster |
nationalist view of the Union
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opposition to nullification ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Senate debates on the public lands resolution ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
American Civil War (as a long-term antecedent)
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Nullification Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPlace | United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantQuote | “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” ⓘ |
| significantQuoteAuthor | Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1830-01-19 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Jacksonian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
compact theory of the Union
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interpretation of the Commerce Clause ⓘ protective tariffs ⓘ sovereignty of the states ⓘ supremacy of the federal Constitution ⓘ |
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Webster–Hayne debate