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The Senate has a veto on every law; and as one half of that body are slaveholders, it follows, of course, that no law can be passed without their consent.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “The Senate has a veto on every law; and as one half of that body are slaveholders, it follows, of course, that no law…”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan explains that the Senate's structure allows slaveholders to have significant control over legislation.
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