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Page xxv
... secure even that end ; and none such can I or will I forego . Nor do I know any important or responsi- ble political body that proposes to do more than this . No free state claims to extend its legislation into a slave state . None ...
... secure even that end ; and none such can I or will I forego . Nor do I know any important or responsi- ble political body that proposes to do more than this . No free state claims to extend its legislation into a slave state . None ...
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... secure British rights at Greytown , just exactly as the United States ought to have had a vessel there to secure their rights . The third duty is to watch Solouque , the Emperor of Hayti , to prevent him from subjugating the Dominican ...
... secure British rights at Greytown , just exactly as the United States ought to have had a vessel there to secure their rights . The third duty is to watch Solouque , the Emperor of Hayti , to prevent him from subjugating the Dominican ...
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... secure the right of re- caption to the state of Kentucky , which was not an original state . Again . The same very learned judge , says the Constitution does not prohibit Congress from extending the power of recapture to new states ...
... secure the right of re- caption to the state of Kentucky , which was not an original state . Again . The same very learned judge , says the Constitution does not prohibit Congress from extending the power of recapture to new states ...
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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