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Albert Beveridge: “The National Government does not depend on State Governments "for the execution of the great powers assigned to it.”

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The National Government does not depend on State Governments "for the execution of the great powers assigned to it.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge asserts that the National Government's powers are not reliant on State Governments for execution.

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