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It binds them hand and foot in absolute slavery, and subjects them to a strange and hostile power, more unlimited and more likely to be abused than any other now known among civilized men.
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Johnson describes the oppressive nature of Congressional acts, likening their effects to absolute slavery under a hostile power.
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