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Page 4
... President , by sanctioning the arrest of Merriman , and refusing to deliver him up on the writ of the judicature , " has trampled the laws of the country under foot , " and I imagine few Englishmen would be found to gainsay it . The ...
... President , by sanctioning the arrest of Merriman , and refusing to deliver him up on the writ of the judicature , " has trampled the laws of the country under foot , " and I imagine few Englishmen would be found to gainsay it . The ...
Page 6
... President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and the Southern as in rebellion , is not founded either in fact or in reason . In plain truth , the exact expres- sion is embodied in the witticism that the United ...
... President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and the Southern as in rebellion , is not founded either in fact or in reason . In plain truth , the exact expres- sion is embodied in the witticism that the United ...
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... President quâ President of the United States , by the plenary power of himself alone , without any action of what in every people , government , or nation under the sun is supposed to represent the will of the body politic . * Even the ...
... President quâ President of the United States , by the plenary power of himself alone , without any action of what in every people , government , or nation under the sun is supposed to represent the will of the body politic . * Even the ...
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... President Lincoln , W. H. Seward , in the debate brought forward what has since been characterised as the Higher Law Pressure , stating as his principle of action the obligation on his con- science from a higher law than that of the law ...
... President Lincoln , W. H. Seward , in the debate brought forward what has since been characterised as the Higher Law Pressure , stating as his principle of action the obligation on his con- science from a higher law than that of the law ...
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... on their side by the President alone , as Dictator , without any legal or constitutional action of the people by their representatives . Mr. Motley allows " the fabric of American empire ought to rest -NORTHERN OPINIONS.
... on their side by the President alone , as Dictator , without any legal or constitutional action of the people by their representatives . Mr. Motley allows " the fabric of American empire ought to rest -NORTHERN OPINIONS.
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