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Upon their rights or the exercise of them the General Government can have no motive to encroach.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “Upon their rights or the exercise of them the General Government can have no motive to encroach.”
Editor's note · Context
He states that the General Government should not encroach upon the rights of the States.
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