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... Constitution , including its creation of the Supreme Court to decide just such questions as this , must necessarily accept the result of Dred Scott or else , become the enemies of the rule of law . In the Douglas view , Lincoln was ...
... Constitution , including its creation of the Supreme Court to decide just such questions as this , must necessarily accept the result of Dred Scott or else , become the enemies of the rule of law . In the Douglas view , Lincoln was ...
Page 137
... Constitution " must then necessarily exist everywhere — in both states and territories within the juris- diction of the Constitution.70 Again at Quincy he pushed this question to demonstrate that Douglas would do well to anticipate the ...
... Constitution " must then necessarily exist everywhere — in both states and territories within the juris- diction of the Constitution.70 Again at Quincy he pushed this question to demonstrate that Douglas would do well to anticipate the ...
Page 139
... Constitution and the act enforcing the Northwest Ordinance which did bar slavery within those territories : Is it ... Constitution . That instrument is literally silent about any such right . We , on the contrary , deny that such a right ...
... Constitution and the act enforcing the Northwest Ordinance which did bar slavery within those territories : Is it ... Constitution . That instrument is literally silent about any such right . We , on the contrary , deny that such a right ...
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