Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... Constitution . " What the Constitution had to do with it , outsiders could not then see . Plainly enough now , it was an exactly fitted niche for the Dred Scott decision afterward to come in , and declare that perfect freedom of the ...
... Constitution . " What the Constitution had to do with it , outsiders could not then see . Plainly enough now , it was an exactly fitted niche for the Dred Scott decision afterward to come in , and declare that perfect freedom of the ...
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... Constitution . ' Why mention a State ? They were legislating for Territories , and not for or about States . Certainly the people of a State are and ought to be subject to the Constitution of the United States ; but why is mention of ...
... Constitution . ' Why mention a State ? They were legislating for Territories , and not for or about States . Certainly the people of a State are and ought to be subject to the Constitution of the United States ; but why is mention of ...
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... Constitution of the United States , the law of the State is supreme over the subject of slavery within its jurisdiction . ' 66 In what cases the power of the State is so restrained by the United States Constitution , is left an open ...
... Constitution of the United States , the law of the State is supreme over the subject of slavery within its jurisdiction . ' 66 In what cases the power of the State is so restrained by the United States Constitution , is left an open ...
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... Constitution forbids it , and the general welfare does not require us to do So. We must not withhold an efficient fugitive slave law because the Constitution requires us , as I understand it , not to withhold such a law , but we must ...
... Constitution forbids it , and the general welfare does not require us to do So. We must not withhold an efficient fugitive slave law because the Constitution requires us , as I understand it , not to withhold such a law , but we must ...
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... Constitution . be in the mode of presenting the facts , and the inferences and observations following that ... Constitution of the United States . ' That Constitution consists of the original , framed in 1787 ( and under which the ...
... Constitution . be in the mode of presenting the facts , and the inferences and observations following that ... Constitution of the United States . ' That Constitution consists of the original , framed in 1787 ( and under which the ...
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