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Quotation from Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution) by Robert Y. Hayne
“The South Carolina doctrine, that is to say, the doctrine contained in an exposition reported by a committee of the legislature in December, 1828, and published by their authority, is the good old republican doctrine of ’98—the doctrine of the celebrated “Virginia Resolutions” of that year, and of “Madison’s Report” of ’99.”
Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution), Constitutional argument, on the Carolina doctrine (Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate (1853), Wikisource text)
Hayne identifies South Carolina's position with the Republican tradition of Jefferson and Madison before quoting it at length.
Citation: "The South Carolina doctrine, that is to say, the doctrine contained in an exposition reported by a committee of the legislature in December, 1828, and published by their authority, is the good old republican doctrine of ’98—the doctrine of the celebrated “Virginia Resolutions” of that year, and of “Madison’s Report” of ’99." — Robert Y. Hayne, Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution), Constitutional argument, on the Carolina doctrine (Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate (1853), Wikisource text). (id hayne-speech-on-foots-resolution-q8)
Portrait: Robert Y Hayne, Unknown author, Public domain.
