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And next, I hold this law to be contrary to the constitution of the United States, and therefore of no binding force upon my conscience or my conduct.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “And next, I hold this law to be contrary to the constitution of the United States, and therefore of no binding force…”
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Mann asserts that a specific law contradicts the U.S. Constitution and is therefore not morally binding.
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Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
Men of Massachusetts! moral and religious men! lovers of freedom and of your country, were you prepared for this?
The liberty of voting includes all other liberties.
Better be debarred from the privilege of voting at all, than to be mocked with the form, while cheated of the substance.
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