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legislative authority , to carry into effect , constitutional provisions . But this reasoning fails to satisfy us , because it seems to us that in the first place , the necessity of legislation , under this claim of the Constitution ...
legislative authority , to carry into effect , constitutional provisions . But this reasoning fails to satisfy us , because it seems to us that in the first place , the necessity of legislation , under this claim of the Constitution ...
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Our adversaries , however , seek to escape from this dilemma , by maintaining that legislative power is necessary ... He may be restricted by local legislation , as to the modes of proof as to his ownership - as to the courts in which ...
Our adversaries , however , seek to escape from this dilemma , by maintaining that legislative power is necessary ... He may be restricted by local legislation , as to the modes of proof as to his ownership - as to the courts in which ...
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Even though the provision , concerning the surrender of fugitives from labor , be ineffectual , and though Congress have the power to give it effect by legislation , the act of 1793 is void , be- cause it transcends the legislative ...
Even though the provision , concerning the surrender of fugitives from labor , be ineffectual , and though Congress have the power to give it effect by legislation , the act of 1793 is void , be- cause it transcends the legislative ...
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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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