Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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... Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States . They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to ...
... Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States . They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to ...
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... Congress of 1791 , have decided upon their oaths that such a bank is constitutional . We have also shown that the votes of Congress have more often been in favor of than against its constitutionality . In addition to all this , we have ...
... Congress of 1791 , have decided upon their oaths that such a bank is constitutional . We have also shown that the votes of Congress have more often been in favor of than against its constitutionality . In addition to all this , we have ...
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... Congress to pass acts of incorporation . Indeed ! What is the pass- ing an act of incorporation but the making of a law ? Is any one wise enough to tell ? The Constitution expressly gives Congress power " to pass all laws necessary and ...
... Congress to pass acts of incorporation . Indeed ! What is the pass- ing an act of incorporation but the making of a law ? Is any one wise enough to tell ? The Constitution expressly gives Congress power " to pass all laws necessary and ...
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... Congress ; but it is untrue that either branch of Congress was a Whig body . The Senate had fallen into the hands of the adminis- tration more than a year before , as proven by the passage of the Expunging Resolution ; and at the time ...
... Congress ; but it is untrue that either branch of Congress was a Whig body . The Senate had fallen into the hands of the adminis- tration more than a year before , as proven by the passage of the Expunging Resolution ; and at the time ...
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... Congress , as if shown to have been made in any other way ? A Van Buren Congress passed the bills , and Mr. Van Buren himself approved them , and consequently the party are wholly responsible for them . Mr. Douglas next says that a ...
... Congress , as if shown to have been made in any other way ? A Van Buren Congress passed the bills , and Mr. Van Buren himself approved them , and consequently the party are wholly responsible for them . Mr. Douglas next says that a ...
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