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The claim of the President is the assertion of a right in Congress to establish a system of peonage or even of slavery in Alaska, Hawaii, and the rest.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The claim of the President is the assertion of a right in Congress to establish a system of peonage or even of slavery…”
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Boutwell argues against the President's claim that Congress has the right to establish peonage or slavery in U.S. territories.
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