On the recordJuly 4, 1861
Would it be far wrong to define it "a political community without a political superior?" Tested by this, no one of our States, except Texas, ever was a sovereignty.
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In his message to Congress, Lincoln proposes a definition of sovereignty and uses it to argue that, with the exception of Texas, no U.S. state has ever been a true sovereignty.
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