1. Webster Hayne Debate (1830)
Summary:
The Foot Resolution
Hayne Calls Out Northeasterners
Webster Steps In and They Go Back and Forth
Outcome/Resolution:
Nullification Crisis
Problems between North and South
Analysis:
How does this deal with sectionalism?
Most definitely was a sectional issue.
Hayne and Webster represent a greater separation in nation.
Direct opposition of federal power would collapse the Union.
How does this represent Federal vs. State power?
Webster Hayne Debate outlined Federal v. State Power, by outlining the
boundaries invloving states rights
Webster- (From New England, North) Advocate for a strong federal government,
opposed nullification
Hayne- (Rep. from South, from South Carolina pushed for the expansion of state powers, that they have the right to null
and void laws
Overall distenction between political belief regarding power led to Nullification
Crisis, and overall tensions to grow between the North and South
Daniel Webster
Robert Y. Hayne