The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... Federal Constitution , to exercise . Every State Legislature in the Union is forbidden , by its own Con- stitution , to exercise it . It can not be exercised in any State except by the people , in their highest sovereign capac- ity ...
... Federal Constitution , to exercise . Every State Legislature in the Union is forbidden , by its own Con- stitution , to exercise it . It can not be exercised in any State except by the people , in their highest sovereign capac- ity ...
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... Federal Government dangerous to the rights of the States , while its advocates main- tained that under a fair construction of the instrument there was no foundation for such apprehensions . In that mighty struggle between the first ...
... Federal Government dangerous to the rights of the States , while its advocates main- tained that under a fair construction of the instrument there was no foundation for such apprehensions . In that mighty struggle between the first ...
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... Federal Government . These powers embrace the very highest attributes of national sovereignty . They place both the sword and the purse under its con- trol . Congress has power to make war , and to make peace ; to raise and sup- port ...
... Federal Government . These powers embrace the very highest attributes of national sovereignty . They place both the sword and the purse under its con- trol . Congress has power to make war , and to make peace ; to raise and sup- port ...
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... Federal judiciary are 31 concerned . All the Federal officers within its limits , through whose agency alone these laws can be carried into ex- ecution , have already resigned . We no longer have a district judge , a district attorney ...
... Federal judiciary are 31 concerned . All the Federal officers within its limits , through whose agency alone these laws can be carried into ex- ecution , have already resigned . We no longer have a district judge , a district attorney ...
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... Federal Union , and that they looked to them for an authoritative decision of the question . Some even proclaimed that they were now , and had ever been , opposed to all compromises . The introduction of a resolution ex- pressing ...
... Federal Union , and that they looked to them for an authoritative decision of the question . Some even proclaimed that they were now , and had ever been , opposed to all compromises . The introduction of a resolution ex- pressing ...
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