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... United States are , more especially in the absence of any recognised work by which a standard of its form and constitution can be appre- hended ; but the very framework of the whole , in the original Declaration of Independence in 1776 ...
... United States are , more especially in the absence of any recognised work by which a standard of its form and constitution can be appre- hended ; but the very framework of the whole , in the original Declaration of Independence in 1776 ...
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... United States exist no longer ; that there is no such govern- ment as the Union ; and that the exercise of power as such , and on the supposition of a status quo , is unfounded in law and unsupported by any principle whether of B 2 ...
... United States exist no longer ; that there is no such govern- ment as the Union ; and that the exercise of power as such , and on the supposition of a status quo , is unfounded in law and unsupported by any principle whether of B 2 ...
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... United States , the Southern Confederation had an indefeasible right to withdraw from the Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and ...
... United States , the Southern Confederation had an indefeasible right to withdraw from the Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and ...
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... 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 autocrats of Russia have never ...
... 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 autocrats of Russia have never ...
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... United States Government ; the solemn enactments of your legislature have been nullified ; your vo- lunteer soldiers have been taken prisoners ; your commerce with your sister States has been sus- pended ; your trade with your own ...
... United States Government ; the solemn enactments of your legislature have been nullified ; your vo- lunteer soldiers have been taken prisoners ; your commerce with your sister States has been sus- pended ; your trade with your own ...
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