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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cheves , Langdon 1776 -1857 (search)
Cheves, Langdon 1776-1857
Statesman; born in Abbeville District, S. C., Sept. 17, 1776.
Admitted to the bar in 1800, he soon became eminent as a lawyer and as a leader in the State legislature, which he entered in 1808.
He was attorney-general of the State, and was a member of Congress from 1811 to 1816, zealously supporting all war measures introduced.
When, in 1814, Henry Clay was sent to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain, he succeeded the Kentuckian as speaker of the House, which place he held for a year, his casting vote defeating a bill for the rechartering of the United States Bank.
The bank was rechartered in 1816; and when in trouble in 1819 Cheves was appointed president of its directors, and by his great energy and keen judgment it was saved from dissolution.
He became chief commissioner under the treaty of Ghent for settling some of its provisions.
He was a public advocate of disunion as early as the year 1830, but opposed nullification (q. v.). He d
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayne , Robert young 1839 (search)
Hayne, Robert young -1839
Statesman; born near Charleston, S. C., Nov. 10, 1791; was admitted to the bar in 1812; and when his law tutor, Langdon Cheves, went to Congress he succeeded to his large practice.
He rose rapidly, and in 1818 was attorneygeneral of South Carolina.
He was United States Senator from 1823 to 1832, and was distinguished as an orator.
In the latter year he and Daniel Webster had their famous debate on the tariff, during which Hayne declared the right of a State to nullify acts of the national government.
In a State convention he drew up the ordinance of nullification; and when, the next year, he was governor of South Carolina, he maintained that right, and prepared for armed resistance.
Clay's compromise allayed the fierce dispute.
He died in Asheville, N. C., Sept. 24, 1839.
See nullification; Webster, Daniel.
Speech on Foote's resolution.
On Jan. 21 and 25, 1830, Senator Hayne opened the great debate with Daniel Webster with the following spee
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