The people of a Territory have all the rights of the people of a State; and therefore there are no Territories belonging to the American Union, but all are by the silent negative operations of the Constitution of the United States, converted into independent sovereign members of the North American Confederacy.
He argues that the people of a Territory possess the same rights as those of a State, emphasizing their sovereignty.
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Of all the eminent men that you have sent forth into the service of the State and the country, he must be accounted the chief, when we consider the value of his contribution, historically, and on the side of freedom and civilization.
President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.
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They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
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