Would you have had them, on their own responsibility, then and there decide this question for all time, and absolutely refuse to reserve it for the decision of Congress and of the American people, to whom that decision belongs, and who have the right to an opportunity first for its deliberate consideration?
Reid advocates for the importance of allowing Congress and the American people to make decisions regarding territorial status and civil rights.
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