Just Supremacy of Congress Over the Territories (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Just Supremacy of Congress Over the Territories It is, perhaps, scarcely necessary to say, that this pamphlet was written as an answer to the article by the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, which originally appeared in Harpers' Magazine, entitled "The Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority; Popular Sovereignty in the Territories;" and which has since been republished in a separate form. Private engagements and other circumstances have delayed the publication of my Essay longer than I had originally intended; but I believe that the subject is not likely to lose its interest. The impersonal style in which it is written is to be accounted for by the fact that it was designed for publication in some periodical work, and it was not convenient to make any change in this respect after I determined to publish it in a pamphlet. I should add, that I have seen no other of Mr. Douglas's writings on this subject than the article to which this pamphlet undertakes to reply; nor have I read the papers written by the Attorney-General, Mr. Black. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.