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... authority , on the part of the States , thus to interfere , for the purpose of correcting the exercise of power by the general government , of checking it , and of com- pelling it to conform to their opinion of the extent of its powers ...
... authority , on the part of the States , thus to interfere , for the purpose of correcting the exercise of power by the general government , of checking it , and of com- pelling it to conform to their opinion of the extent of its powers ...
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... authority . I know the source , too , from which it is understood to have proceeded . I need not say that I have much respect for the constitutional opinions of Mr. Madison ; they would weigh greatly with me always . But before the ...
... authority . I know the source , too , from which it is understood to have proceeded . I need not say that I have much respect for the constitutional opinions of Mr. Madison ; they would weigh greatly with me always . But before the ...
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... authority , or any part of the Constitution , forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the federal terri- tories . To those who now so declare , I give , not only " our fathers who framed the Government under which we ...
... authority , or any part of the Constitution , forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the federal terri- tories . To those who now so declare , I give , not only " our fathers who framed the Government under which we ...
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Lincolns First Inaugural | 21 |
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