My second position is this: That a man’s legal condition may be changed by a change in the government over him, while he remains in the same place, just as effectually as it can be changed by his removal to another place, and putting himself under another government.
Mann discusses how a person's legal status can change with governmental changes without physical relocation.
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The dearest and most precious of all human rights is the right of private judgment in matters of religion.
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