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... Constitution - you cannot fret the seal off the bond . The fault is in allowing such a Constitution to live an hour . A distinguished fellow citizen is reported to have said in this hall , that the ' Abolitionists were insane enough to ...
... Constitution - you cannot fret the seal off the bond . The fault is in allowing such a Constitution to live an hour . A distinguished fellow citizen is reported to have said in this hall , that the ' Abolitionists were insane enough to ...
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... Constitution . It could only propose such measures as the Constitution would sanction . It attacked slavery in the District of Columbia and in the Territories ; for slavery in the States it claimed no direct responsibility . When the ...
... Constitution . It could only propose such measures as the Constitution would sanction . It attacked slavery in the District of Columbia and in the Territories ; for slavery in the States it claimed no direct responsibility . When the ...
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... constitutional law , made slavery illegal ; the Constitution did not estab- lish it or recognize it . Since slavery was abolished by the Declaration , and thus had no legal existence in 1783 , it was therefore manifestly im- possible ...
... constitutional law , made slavery illegal ; the Constitution did not estab- lish it or recognize it . Since slavery was abolished by the Declaration , and thus had no legal existence in 1783 , it was therefore manifestly im- possible ...
Contents
The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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