FROM "REPLY TO HAYNE"
1. State the "nullification doctrine" propounded by Senator Hayne.
2. Why does Webster defend Massachusetts against the charge of having formerly attempted to nullify an act of Congress?
3. Explain the impracticality of state nullification.
4. Was the federal government created by the States?
5. State how the mere existence of the federal constitution implies the subordination of the States.
6. Show how Webster brings ridicule of his opponent to the aid of his argument.
7. What would be the inevitable and direct result of nullification?
8. Do you think the statement of Webster that he was "drawn into the debate, with no previous deliberation," etc., to be literally true?
9. Read carefully the peroration, pp. 281-283; one of the grandest passages in American eloquence.