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It denounced the land sale act as a violation of both State and National Constitutions, as the creation of a monopoly, as the dismemberment of Georgia, as the betrayal of the rights of man.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “It denounced the land sale act as a violation of both State and National Constitutions, as the creation of a monopoly…”
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Beveridge critiques a land sale act, highlighting its constitutional violations and its impact on Georgia's integrity.
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