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But to what one of all these powers is the power to establish slavery in the District of Columbia a necessary incident?
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Mann questions the necessity of slavery in the context of governmental powers.
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This is the reciprocity of slave law.--to be forever liable to be proved guilty, but never able to prove himself innocent; to be subject to all punishments, but, through his own oath, to no protection.
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