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(Page 307–323.)

Responsibility of the Republican Party—Its Power and

Position—Initiatory Step—Mr. Stevens speaks for

himself—Condition of the Rebel States—Constitutional

Authority under which Congress should act—Estoppel—

What Constitutes Congress—The First Duty—Basis of

Representation—Duty on exports—Two Important

Principles—Mr. Raymond's Theory—Rebel States still in

the Union—Consequences of the Radical Theory—

Conditions to be required—State Sovereignty—Rebel Debt

—Prohibition of Slavery—Two Policies contrasted—

Reply of Mr. Jenckes—Difference in Terms, not in

Substance—Logic of the Conservatives leads to the Results

of the Radicals.