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... clause of the instrument , whenever applied in the case of a fugitive slave , as utterly null and void , and consequently as forming no part of the Constitution of the U. States , whenever we are called upon or sworn to support it ...
... clause of the instrument , whenever applied in the case of a fugitive slave , as utterly null and void , and consequently as forming no part of the Constitution of the U. States , whenever we are called upon or sworn to support it ...
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... clause in the Constitution of the United States which prescribes the body of electors for the election of members of the House of Representatives , refers it to the constitution and laws of the several states ; so that every state ...
... clause in the Constitution of the United States which prescribes the body of electors for the election of members of the House of Representatives , refers it to the constitution and laws of the several states ; so that every state ...
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... clause , was extended over Tennessee , and Tennessee came in with it . Mr. BELL , of Tenn . Will the honorable Senator allow me to ask him whether , in 1787 , there was any question about aliens ? Were not all inhabitants then regarded ...
... clause , was extended over Tennessee , and Tennessee came in with it . Mr. BELL , of Tenn . Will the honorable Senator allow me to ask him whether , in 1787 , there was any question about aliens ? Were not all inhabitants then regarded ...
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... clause . Mr. PUGH . The Senator is right in saying there was no question about it ; but it is my purpose to show that the question has been raised of late years . Tennessee came in with it . The same ordinance of 1787 , with the ...
... clause . Mr. PUGH . The Senator is right in saying there was no question about it ; but it is my purpose to show that the question has been raised of late years . Tennessee came in with it . The same ordinance of 1787 , with the ...
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... clause which the gentleman read referred . It did not relate to the question of the right of a I will now proceed to call the attention of citizen to vote , but related alone to the power to naturalize . Mr. SMITH , of Virginia . What ...
... clause which the gentleman read referred . It did not relate to the question of the right of a I will now proceed to call the attention of citizen to vote , but related alone to the power to naturalize . Mr. SMITH , of Virginia . What ...
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