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... in perpetual testimony thereof , the deliberate and solemn expression of her opinion will be carefully preserved among the archives of the Senate ; and in justification of her character to the present generation , and to posterity ...
... in perpetual testimony thereof , the deliberate and solemn expression of her opinion will be carefully preserved among the archives of the Senate ; and in justification of her character to the present generation , and to posterity ...
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It is that experiment which shall test the competency of this Government to preserve our internal peace whenever a question vitally affecting the bond which unites us as one people shall come to be solemnly agitated between the ...
It is that experiment which shall test the competency of this Government to preserve our internal peace whenever a question vitally affecting the bond which unites us as one people shall come to be solemnly agitated between the ...
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all that in them lies to preserve and perpetuate the Union of the States and the liberties of which it is the surest pledge - but feeling it to be their bounden duty to expose and to resist all encroachments upon the true spirit of the ...
all that in them lies to preserve and perpetuate the Union of the States and the liberties of which it is the surest pledge - but feeling it to be their bounden duty to expose and to resist all encroachments upon the true spirit of the ...
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The people of South Carolina find themselves impelled , by their attachment to the principles of the Constitution and by a proud recollection of common dangers and common triumphs , to endeavor to preserve for themselves and their ...
The people of South Carolina find themselves impelled , by their attachment to the principles of the Constitution and by a proud recollection of common dangers and common triumphs , to endeavor to preserve for themselves and their ...
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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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