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Rh been done, by the decision which is now before us. That decision has made this small district a fulcrum from whence the most disastrous consequences will ensue. If it is not, like that of Archimedes, competent to move the earth, it is in the hands of the federal judges, at least competent to subvert and destroy the state governments.