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Under this great ægis the liberty of every person within the national jurisdiction is unequivocally placed.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This quote underscores the constitutional protection of individual liberties under national jurisdiction.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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