Quote#World
The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the…
Quote byMelville Fuller · 1833–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in 1863, reported in Willard L. King, Melville Weston Fuller: Chief Justice of the United States, 1888-1910 (New York: The Macmillan Co, 1950) p. 56.
English (original)
The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations, deprive loyal men of their property, and disloyal as well, without trial or condemnation.
— Melville Fuller
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