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Shall the states repeal their laws first, and leave the liberty of the citizens in jeopardy; or shall not Congress legislate first, and secure that liberty?
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Mann questions whether Congress or the states should act first to protect citizens' liberties.

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