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This barbarous article deprives them of the little remnant of right yet left them--their rights as citizens and as men.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “This barbarous article deprives them of the little remnant of right yet left them--their rights as citizens and as men.”
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Quincy condemns a specific article in the Missouri constitution for stripping citizens of their rights, highlighting its barbarity.
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