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... federal authority or some part of the Consti- tution , forbids the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the federal territories , he is right to say so . But he should , at the same time , brave the responsibility of declaring ...
... federal authority or some part of the Consti- tution , forbids the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the federal territories , he is right to say so . But he should , at the same time , brave the responsibility of declaring ...
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... Federal Courts of the extreme pretensions of a purely local interest ; and in its general and unvarying abuse of the power intrusted to it by a confiding people . 6. That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extrava- gance ...
... Federal Courts of the extreme pretensions of a purely local interest ; and in its general and unvarying abuse of the power intrusted to it by a confiding people . 6. That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extrava- gance ...
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... Federal agencies in Washington . Federal officials are so far removed from the reach of local residents that they can make decisions affecting the vital interests and livelihoods of those citizens without taking their wishes into ...
... Federal agencies in Washington . Federal officials are so far removed from the reach of local residents that they can make decisions affecting the vital interests and livelihoods of those citizens without taking their wishes into ...
Contents
Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |