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Page 16
... action to the North , while it reserved to the South the constitutional question upon which the validity of that action depended . Sir , I will trouble the Senate for a very few moments longer . I am reluctant to follow this sub- ject ...
... action to the North , while it reserved to the South the constitutional question upon which the validity of that action depended . Sir , I will trouble the Senate for a very few moments longer . I am reluctant to follow this sub- ject ...
Page 11
... action . Nor do " the people of this Terri- tory still enjoy the benefit and protection of their municipal laws , recently derived from Mexico . " Nor have they " a military force stationed there to protect them from the Indians ...
... action . Nor do " the people of this Terri- tory still enjoy the benefit and protection of their municipal laws , recently derived from Mexico . " Nor have they " a military force stationed there to protect them from the Indians ...
Page 14
... action . Among the advantages of this plan , according to the Republic , is its " finality , " and , by the - by , I am not responsible for the word . " It gives finality , " says the official article , to this vexed question , " & c ...
... action . Among the advantages of this plan , according to the Republic , is its " finality , " and , by the - by , I am not responsible for the word . " It gives finality , " says the official article , to this vexed question , " & c ...
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