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The Constitution, the laws and treaties of the United States are prostrate in the State of Georgia.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The Constitution, the laws and treaties of the United States are prostrate in the State of Georgia.”
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Beveridge emphasizes the precarious state of constitutional authority in Georgia.
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