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... Constitution . It was in these words : - KANSAS AND HER CONSTITUTION . - The vexed question is settled . The problem is solved . The dead point of danger is passed . All serious trouble to Kansas affairs is over and gone- " And a column ...
... Constitution . It was in these words : - KANSAS AND HER CONSTITUTION . - The vexed question is settled . The problem is solved . The dead point of danger is passed . All serious trouble to Kansas affairs is over and gone- " And a column ...
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... Constitution says " shall be done " and has omitted saying who shall do it , the government established by that Constitution , ex vi termini , is vested with the power of doing ; and Congress is , by the Constitution , expressly ...
... Constitution says " shall be done " and has omitted saying who shall do it , the government established by that Constitution , ex vi termini , is vested with the power of doing ; and Congress is , by the Constitution , expressly ...
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... Constitution . That instrument is literally silent about any such right . We , on the contrary , deny that such a right has any ex- istence in the Constitution , even by implication . Your purpose , then , plainly stated , is that you ...
... Constitution . That instrument is literally silent about any such right . We , on the contrary , deny that such a right has any ex- istence in the Constitution , even by implication . Your purpose , then , plainly stated , is that you ...
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Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Letter to Miss Mary Owens May 7 1837 | 73 |
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