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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate debate ⓘ
political event ⓘ
cause disputes over the disposition of western public lands ⓘ
sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ
chronologyWithinCongress 21st United States Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource congressional debates of the 21st Congress ⓘ
endDate 1830-01-27 ⓘ
followed Nullification Crisis (background phase) ⓘ
Tariff of 1828 controversy ⓘ
linked to: Tariff of 1828
genre parliamentary debate ⓘ
hasEffect influenced public opinion against nullification ⓘ
shaped later constitutional debates on secession ⓘ
strengthened nationalist interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ
hasLegacy featured in U.S. history and civics education ⓘ
frequently cited in American constitutional law scholarship ⓘ
hasPart First reply to Hayne by Daniel Webster ⓘ
First speech of Robert Y. Hayne ⓘ
Second reply to Hayne by Daniel Webster ⓘ
Second speech of Robert Y. Hayne ⓘ
hasParticipant Daniel Webster ⓘ
Robert Y. Hayne ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject federalism in the United States ⓘ
nature of the federal Union ⓘ
nullification ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
tariff policy ⓘ
notableWork “Second Reply to Hayne” by Daniel Webster ⓘ
politicalAlignmentOfHayne states’ rights ⓘ
support for nullification ⓘ
politicalAlignmentOfWebster nationalist view of the Union ⓘ
opposition to nullification ⓘ
precededBy earlier Senate debates on the public lands resolution ⓘ
relatedEvent American Civil War (as a long-term antecedent) ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War

Nullification Crisis ⓘ
significantPlace United States Capitol ⓘ
significantQuote “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” ⓘ
significantQuoteAuthor Daniel Webster ⓘ
startDate 1830-01-19 ⓘ
timePeriod Jacksonian era ⓘ
topic compact theory of the Union ⓘ
interpretation of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
protective tariffs ⓘ
sovereignty of the states ⓘ
supremacy of the federal Constitution ⓘ

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Robert Y. Hayne → notableWork → Hayne–Webster debate ⓘ
Robert Y. Hayne → participantIn → Hayne–Webster debate ⓘ
Second Reply to Hayne → associatedWithEvent → Webster–Hayne debate ⓘ
linked to: Hayne–Webster debate
Robert Y. Hayne → notableWork → Hayne–Webster debate ⓘ
subject linked to: Hayne
Second Speech of Robert Y. Hayne → partOf → Webster–Hayne debate ⓘ
linked to: Hayne–Webster debate
Second Speech of Robert Y. Hayne → followedBy → Second Reply to Hayne by Daniel Webster ⓘ
linked to: Hayne–Webster debate