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The former is an unquestionable infringement of sovereignty, as declared by our Supreme Court, far more than can be asserted of the latter.
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He argues that the infringement of sovereignty by Congress is more pronounced in certain actions than in prohibiting slavery.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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