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This great address not only ended the Republican attack upon the Administration, but settled American law as to Executive power in carrying out extradition treaties.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “This great address not only ended the Republican attack upon the Administration, but settled American law as to…”
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Beveridge highlights the significance of Marshall's address in resolving a partisan controversy and establishing legal precedents.
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In argument and reasoning he was the equal if not the superior of Madison himself; and his grim personality made the meek one of Madison seem tender in comparison.
But an act universally recognized as criminal, such as robbery, murder, and the like, "is an offense against the community of nations.
Washington was the soul of the American cause.
She was able to maintain her independence & must deserve to lose it if she permitted it to be wrested from her.
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