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... Congress be or be not constitutional . An unconstitutional act of Congress would not bind the people of this District , although they have no legislature to interfere in their behalf ; and , on the other hand , a constitutional law of ...
... Congress be or be not constitutional . An unconstitutional act of Congress would not bind the people of this District , although they have no legislature to interfere in their behalf ; and , on the other hand , a constitutional law of ...
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... Congress which sat under the Constitution , an act was passed to enforce the Ordinance of '87 , including the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory . The bill for this act was reported by one of the " thirty - nine ...
... Congress which sat under the Constitution , an act was passed to enforce the Ordinance of '87 , including the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory . The bill for this act was reported by one of the " thirty - nine ...
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... Congress which sat under the Constitution - the identical Congress which passed the act already mentioned , enforcing the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory . Not only was it the same Congress , but they were the ...
... Congress which sat under the Constitution - the identical Congress which passed the act already mentioned , enforcing the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory . Not only was it the same Congress , but they were the ...
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