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It must mean state, and can mean nothing else; for the laws of language admit no other construction.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “It must mean state, and can mean nothing else; for the laws of language admit no other construction.”
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Mann asserts that the constitution must be interpreted to mean 'state' in the context of escaped slaves.
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