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... and by promising for the State and imposing upon the citizens of the State an acquiescence in the acts ' which we have declared to be a usurpation ' ' until the legislature shall otherwise and ultimately decide .
... and by promising for the State and imposing upon the citizens of the State an acquiescence in the acts ' which we have declared to be a usurpation ' ' until the legislature shall otherwise and ultimately decide .
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It is surely a privilege sufficient , to admit them after due probation to become citizens , for all but political purposes . To extend it beyond these limits is to encourage foreigners to come to these States as candidates for ...
It is surely a privilege sufficient , to admit them after due probation to become citizens , for all but political purposes . To extend it beyond these limits is to encourage foreigners to come to these States as candidates for ...
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The justice , therefore , of securing to every State a fair and equal chance for the election of this officer from its own citizens is apparent , and this object will be essentially promoted by preventing an election from the same State ...
The justice , therefore , of securing to every State a fair and equal chance for the election of this officer from its own citizens is apparent , and this object will be essentially promoted by preventing an election from the same State ...
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... State would be poverty and utter desolation ; her citizens , in despair , would emigrate to more fortunate regions , and the whole frame and constitution of her civil polity be impaired and deranged , if not dissolved entirely .
... State would be poverty and utter desolation ; her citizens , in despair , would emigrate to more fortunate regions , and the whole frame and constitution of her civil polity be impaired and deranged , if not dissolved entirely .
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Laws were passed which restrained her citizens and discouraged her industry , and her wealth was taken and bestowed upon the citizens of other States . During seven years of the old war it was her pride to suffer for the general good ...
Laws were passed which restrained her citizens and discouraged her industry , and her wealth was taken and bestowed upon the citizens of other States . During seven years of the old war it was her pride to suffer for the general good ...
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| Title | Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) Volume 5 of Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration (1912-1913), Marion Mills Miller |
| Editor | Marion Mills Miller |
| Contributors | United States. Congress, Great Britain. Parliament |
| Publisher | Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2010 |
| ISBN | 0810803860, 9780810803862 |
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