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Page 70
... equal , and that these two classes were equal at the first , and that the Constitution was founded on that equilibrium ; that the states being equal , and the classes of the states being equal in rights , they are to be regarded as ...
... equal , and that these two classes were equal at the first , and that the Constitution was founded on that equilibrium ; that the states being equal , and the classes of the states being equal in rights , they are to be regarded as ...
Page 71
... equal . Therefore , states are equal in natural rights . All this is just and sound . But assuming the same premises , to wit , that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations , the right of property in slaves falls to the ...
... equal . Therefore , states are equal in natural rights . All this is just and sound . But assuming the same premises , to wit , that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations , the right of property in slaves falls to the ...
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... equal of Texas in rights , in justice , in position , in everything except what you withhold from her - the ... equal in number and in authority , the United States will then stand , where the parental government ought to stand , equal ...
... equal of Texas in rights , in justice , in position , in everything except what you withhold from her - the ... equal in number and in authority , the United States will then stand , where the parental government ought to stand , equal ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE | xiii |
SPEECHES IN The Senate of the United STATES | 51 |
Freedom in the District of ColumbiaFreedom in New MexicoIndemnities | 278 |
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