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... Union , and in a formal manner se- ceding from the general body of the nation . How , then , even in the popular view of vote by majority , can there remain a sufficient quorum to make up the constitutional number for a legislative act ...
... Union , and in a formal manner se- ceding from the general body of the nation . How , then , even in the popular view of vote by majority , can there remain a sufficient quorum to make up the constitutional number for a legislative act ...
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... Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the 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 ...
... Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the 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 ...
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... Union had guaranteed to them . On the other hand , the present secretary of 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 ...
... Union had guaranteed to them . On the other hand , the present secretary of 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 ...
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... Union , and to call on the Federal authorities to assist him in recovering his property . Now , right or wrong , the law of the land did universally acknowledge the ownership of slaves , and the right accorded by this Act . " The ...
... Union , and to call on the Federal authorities to assist him in recovering his property . Now , right or wrong , the law of the land did universally acknowledge the ownership of slaves , and the right accorded by this Act . " The ...
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... Union . The Federal officers , acting under this law , have been systematically resisted in the execu- tion of their duty , even after the affirmation of it by the solemn judgment of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the United States ...
... Union . The Federal officers , acting under this law , have been systematically resisted in the execu- tion of their duty , even after the affirmation of it by the solemn judgment of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the United States ...
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