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Though the annexation of Texas was in pursuance of a void stipulation, yet it is a clear principle of law, that when a contract void between the parties, has been executed by them, it cannot then be annulled.
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Mann explains a legal principle regarding the validity of executed contracts, even if void initially.
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Old Virginia was the first to sow this land of ours with slavery; she is also the first to reap the full harvest of destruction.
But the impious hand of man divorces these twin capacities, wherever it denies knowledge.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
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