Protest Message
06/21/1860
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The true meaning of these words is clearly stated by Chief Justice Taney in delivering the opinion of the court (19 Howa...
It was impossible that Congress could have had such an intention, and therefore, according to my construction of the cla...
Officers might then be found, instead of performing their appropriate duties, besieging the halls of Congress for the pu...
I have long foreseen and often forewarned my countrymen of the now impending danger.