On the record
Their enactments were, by every principle of law and right, null and void.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Their enactments were, by every principle of law and right, null and void.”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman asserts that the laws enacted by the pro-slavery legislature were invalid due to their illegitimate formation.
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