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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

"The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government"


_Supremacy, State_, the controlling idea in the Confederate army bill,
304;
arms and munitions within the several States were considered as
belonging to them, 305;
the forces could only be drawn from the several States by their
consent, 305;
the system of organization, 305;
provision for the discharge of the forces, 305;
the act to provide for the public defense, 305;
the law for the establishment and organization of the army of the
Confederate States, 306;
wish and object of the Government were peace, 306;
provisions of the act, 306.

Taney, Chief-Justice, remark in the Dred Scott case, 84.
_Tariff laws_, enacted for protection against foreign competition, 32;
a burden on the Southern States, 32;
a most prolific source of sectional strife, 498;
its early history, 498;
policy of the British Government with the colonies, 499;
a difficulty in the Constitutional Convention, 499;
progress after the formation of the Union, 500;
all laws based on the principle of duties for revenue, 500;
the first time a tariff law had protection for its object, it for the
first time produced discontent, 501;
geographical differences between North and South, 501;
legislation for the benefit of Northern manufactures a Northern
policy, 501;
the controversy quadrennially renewed, 502;
motion of Mr. Drayton, of South Carolina, 502;
progress of parties, 503;
position of Southern representatives, 503;
other causes, 503;
general effect on the character of our institutions, 504.


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