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There are two governments that have the power to legislate for him; but there is only one power,--the Congress of the United States,--that can legislate for a citizen of the District of Columbia.
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Mann highlights the unique legislative authority of Congress over citizens in the District of Columbia.
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Men of Massachusetts! moral and religious men! lovers of freedom and of your country, were you prepared for this?
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The kidnapper, Alberti, now lies in a Pennsylvania prison for carrying away a mother and her child; but the mother and the child are now groaning under the lash of a southern taskmaster.
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