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... questions of constitutional law , to be so summarily disposed of . We should not be content , therefore , with simply ... question depend on geographical relations . The inhabitants of different islands may be one people , and those of ...
... questions of constitutional law , to be so summarily disposed of . We should not be content , therefore , with simply ... question depend on geographical relations . The inhabitants of different islands may be one people , and those of ...
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... questions in this congress , each colony or province should have one vote ; and this became the established course during the revolution . They proposed a general congress to be held at the same place in May , in the next year . They ap ...
... questions in this congress , each colony or province should have one vote ; and this became the established course during the revolution . They proposed a general congress to be held at the same place in May , in the next year . They ap ...
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... question then naturally presents itself , if it is to be considered as a national act , in what manner did the colonies become a nation , and in what manner did congress become possessed of this national power ? The true an- swer must ...
... question then naturally presents itself , if it is to be considered as a national act , in what manner did the colonies become a nation , and in what manner did congress become possessed of this national power ? The true an- swer must ...
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... question by two considerations , to neither of which has the learned author thought fit to advert . subjects ; they opened an extensive commerce with foreign coun- tries , regulating the whole subject of imports and exports ; they ...
... question by two considerations , to neither of which has the learned author thought fit to advert . subjects ; they opened an extensive commerce with foreign coun- tries , regulating the whole subject of imports and exports ; they ...
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... question whether the appointment of members of congress was an act of the people , as con- stituting one nation or not , it is utterly unimportant whe- ther it was made by legislature or convention , -by the re- presentatives of the ...
... question whether the appointment of members of congress was an act of the people , as con- stituting one nation or not , it is utterly unimportant whe- ther it was made by legislature or convention , -by the re- presentatives of the ...
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