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 “ which was made by violence, may by violence be broken. If we were treated as a conquered people, our rights might be obcured, but could never be extinguihed. The word can give nothing but power, which a harper word can take away.

“ our union was by compact, whom could the compact bind but thoe that concurred in the tipulations? We gave our ancetors no commiion to ettle the terms of future exitence. They might be cowards that were frighted, or blockheads that were cheated; but whatever they were, they could contract only for themelves. What they could etablih, we can annul.

“ our preent form of government it hall tand in the place of all argument, that we do not like it. While we are governed as we do not like, where is