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If Congress has no power over territory, only as land, then what does this land want of judges and marshals?
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “If Congress has no power over territory, only as land, then what does this land want of judges and marshals?”
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Mann questions the need for judges and marshals if Congress has no power over territories beyond land ownership.
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