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It Is Federal, Because It Is The Government Of States United In A Political Union, In Contradistinction To A Government Of Individuals, That Is, By What Is Usually Called, A Social Compact. To Express It More Concisely, It Is Federal And Not National Because It Is The Government Of A Community Of States, And Not The Government Of A Single State Or Nation.

The Surrender Of Life Is Nothing To Sinking Down Into Acknowledgment Of Inferiority.

Stripped Of All Its Covering, The Naked Question Is, Whether Ours Is A Federal Or Consolidated Government; A Constitutional Or Absolute One; A Government Resting Solidly On The Basis Of The Sovereignty Of The States, Or On The Unrestrained Will Of A Majority; A Form Of Government, As In All Other Unlimited Ones, In Which Injustice, Violence, And Force Must Ultimately Prevail.

Beware The Wrath Of A Patient Adversary.

We Are Not A Nation, But A Union, A Confederacy Of Equal And Sovereign States.