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The argument is , that the states are severally equal , and that these two classes were equal at the first , and that the Constitution was founded on that equilibrium ; that the states being equal , and the classes of the states being ...
The argument is , that the states are severally equal , and that these two classes were equal at the first , and that the Constitution was founded on that equilibrium ; that the states being equal , and the classes of the states being ...
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It rests on a syllogism of Vattel , as follows : All men are equal by the law of nature and of nations . But states are only lawful aggregations of individual men , who severally are equal . Therefore , states are equal in natural ...
It rests on a syllogism of Vattel , as follows : All men are equal by the law of nature and of nations . But states are only lawful aggregations of individual men , who severally are equal . Therefore , states are equal in natural ...
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But here is New Mexico , the other party in interest , the equal of Texas in rights , in justice , in position , in everything except what you withhold from her - the sovereignty of a state . She is unrepresented here .
But here is New Mexico , the other party in interest , the equal of Texas in rights , in justice , in position , in everything except what you withhold from her - the sovereignty of a state . She is unrepresented here .
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Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
DEBATES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 284 |
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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