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... exercise sovereign power over the people of the Territories . Mr. BERRIEN . That Congress may exercise the sovereign power which is delegated . Mr. Cass . You can find no such provision in the Constitution . To the law and to the ...
... exercise sovereign power over the people of the Territories . Mr. BERRIEN . That Congress may exercise the sovereign power which is delegated . Mr. Cass . You can find no such provision in the Constitution . To the law and to the ...
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... exercise the privilege of self - government . Their rights never were ours ; but owing to their peculiar condition , and to the rather anomalous relation they bear to us , it becomes our duty to provide a temporary political ...
... exercise the privilege of self - government . Their rights never were ours ; but owing to their peculiar condition , and to the rather anomalous relation they bear to us , it becomes our duty to provide a temporary political ...
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... exercise of legislation by Congress over the Territories , there is but one which derives it from an express grant of power in the Constitution , and that grant is found in the authority to dispose of and make rules and regulations for ...
... exercise of legislation by Congress over the Territories , there is but one which derives it from an express grant of power in the Constitution , and that grant is found in the authority to dispose of and make rules and regulations for ...
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