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ulation has increased fifteen fold within a a..
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pons'cai connection with the civil Government
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becomes IN its Independence the .n;r;,n., i az
Of the people. Here federation il ertendsd ", &c
every opinion in the quiet certainty tb.s t.,,S
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Here the human mind goes forth uushaekIed K
the pursuits OF science to collect stores NJ
knowledge and acquire an ever increasing
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national domain is offered and held in n;I,ions
of s0aprate free holds so that our fellow c,t;xon.
beyond the occupants of any other part OF the
earth constitute in reality a people. Here CT.
lists the democratic form Of Cover, ment and
that form OF Government, by the confession
on european Statesmen, gives power of
winch no other form is capable because il incor
porates every man with the State and arousa.
every thing that belongs to the soul.
Where iB the past history does nar,IIeI az.
list to the public happiness which is within the
reach OF the people of tie United States =
where IN any part Of the globe can institutions
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ell t. their love "a their own free Constitution ?
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able part Of the lad he has his home. mus.
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how acknowledge. in the words Of w ,shing,on.
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Government. in its whole Constitutional vieor
to our posterity, and they to theirs, through
countless generations2
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WASHINGTON, December 4th, 1865
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