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Letter to John C. Calhoun, 2 January 1844, Draft
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JS, Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to , Fort Hill, Pickens Co., SC, 2 Jan. 1844. Version drafted 2 Jan. 1844; handwriting of ; docket and notation in handwriting of ; eleven pages; JS Collection, CHL.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introductions to Letter to John C. Calhoun, 2 Jan. 1844; and Letter to John C. Calhoun, 4 Nov. 1843.
that it can exile you at pleasure; Mob you with impunity; confiscate your lands and property; have the <Leg<is>lature> Sanction it: yea, even murder you as an edict of <an> emperor <& it does> at is <<and> it was> it no wrong. for the noble of says the power of the Federal Government, is so limited and Specific, that it has no Jurisdiction of the case! What think ye of an Imperium in imperio.
Ye shades <spirits> of the blessed of all ages, hark! ye shades of departed states men, listen! Abraham, Moses, Homer, Socrates, Solon <Soloman> and all that ever thought of right and wrong, looked down from your exaltation, if you have any, for it is said in the midst of Counsellors there is safety, and when you have hear learned that fifteen thousand innocent fr◊◊ were [p. [4]]
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“is” in “Legislature” inserted by .
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.