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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 ...
... 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 ...
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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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... constitutional rights can be maintained . Is it true , then , that any right , plainly written in the Constitution , has been denied ? I think not . Happily the human mind is so constituted , that no party can reach to the audacity of ...
... constitutional rights can be maintained . Is it true , then , that any right , plainly written in the Constitution , has been denied ? I think not . Happily the human mind is so constituted , that no party can reach to the audacity of ...
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LINCOLNS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER | 1 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
of the House of Representatives at Springfield Illinois | 90 |
Copyright | |
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