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As our mild and merciful President has seen fit to regard certain chattels personal, called slaves, as so much property placed at his absen lute disposal, wherewith he can, like another Caesar, buy ofl', or punish his recent subjects, the present enemies of the United States, it is become a question of most intense interest, Whether our President has an absolute power to give or withhold property, and to assure or take away liberty, as may seem to him best, and if so, then, by what constitution, statute, natural or divine law,.ke became the owner, possessor and disposer, of so many slaves Now, Sir, as I know you to be learned ih our constitutions}. Law, and in all matters relating to our civil poii~ ty, and especially, in times past, to have been the bold and justly eminent expounder of a coma prehensive construction of the Constitution, and indeed, the author of an Opinion containing the germ, if not the fruit, of that Address by which our Commander-in Chief became famous and thereby President, I pray your attention to the following reason against the Emancipation Pro clamation.
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As our mild and merciful President has seen fit to regard certain chattels personal, called slaves, as so much property placed at his absen lute disposal, wherewith he can, like another Caesar, buy ofl', or punish his recent subjects, the present enemies of the United States, it is become a question of most intense interest, Whether our President has an absolute power to give or withhold property, and to assure or take away liberty, as may seem to him best, and if so, then, by what constitution, statute, natural or divine law,.ke became the owner, possessor and disposer, of so many slaves Now, Sir, as I know you to be learned ih our constitutions}. Law, and in all matters relating to our civil poii~ ty, and especially, in times past, to have been the bold and justly eminent expounder of a coma prehensive construction of the Constitution, and indeed, the author of an Opinion containing the germ, if not the fruit, of that Address by which our Commander-in Chief became famous and thereby President, I pray your attention to the following reason against the Emancipation Pro clamation.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9780243046577
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