The proposition that in case of a supposed violation of the Constitution by Congress the States have a constitutional right to interfere and annul the law of Congress is the proposition of the gentleman. I do not admit it. If the gentleman had intended no more than to assert the right of revolution for justifiable cause he would have said only what all agree to But I can not conceive that there can be a middle course between submission to the laws when regularly pronounced constitutional on the one hand and open resistance (which is revolution or rebellion) on the other.
Daniel Webster, The Webster-Hayne debate took place over which issue?

The Maysville Road Veto

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The correct option is A The Maysville Road Veto
The proposition that in case of a supposed violation of the Constitution by Congress the States have a constitutional right to interfere and annul the law of Congress is the proposition of the gentleman. I do not admit it. If the gentleman had intended no more than to assert the right of revolution for justifiable cause he would have said only what all agree to But I can not conceive that there can be a middle course between submission to the laws when regularly pronounced constitutional on the one hand and open resistance (which is revolution or rebellion) on the other.
Daniel Webster, The Webster-Hayne debate took place over the Maysville Road Veto.

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