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Speech at Athens Dinner Honors South Carolina Leader
In an Athens public dinner on August 7 1833 Gen McDuffie spoke amid State Rights supporters praising South Carolina and urging Georgia to join in a united southern front. He argued for State Sovereignty and Interposition against federal overreach, warning that a consolidated government would imperil liberty. He urged a speedy union of planting and slaveholding states to defend constitutional rights.
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