The Political Thought of American Statesmen: Selected Writings and SpeechesMorton J. Frisch, Richard G. Stevens |
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... understanding that the others were to pass also . Upon this understanding each got votes , which it could have got in no other way . It is this fact , that gives to the measures their true character ; and it is the universal knowledge ...
... understanding that the others were to pass also . Upon this understanding each got votes , which it could have got in no other way . It is this fact , that gives to the measures their true character ; and it is the universal knowledge ...
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... understanding , no line dividing local from fed- eral authority , nor anything in the Constitution , properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the federal territory ; else both their fidelity to correct principle , and their oath ...
... understanding , no line dividing local from fed- eral authority , nor anything in the Constitution , properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the federal territory ; else both their fidelity to correct principle , and their oath ...
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... understanding . Such , unquestionably , was the understanding of our fathers who framed the original Constitution ; and the text affirms that they under- stood the question " better than we . " But , so far , I have been considering the ...
... understanding . Such , unquestionably , was the understanding of our fathers who framed the original Constitution ; and the text affirms that they under- stood the question " better than we . " But , so far , I have been considering the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Founding | 2 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 17431826 | 6 |
Copyright | |
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