Part 8

3 Abraham Lincoln said in his first inaugural address:—“But if the policy of the government upon a vital question affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, the moment they are made, the people will cease to be their own masters; having to that extent resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.”

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Italic type is marked by underscore (_), black letter by asterisk (*).

The following changes have been made to the text:

page 65, “Charlotteville” changed to “Charlottesville” page 73, “goverment” changed to “government” page 93, “1795” changed to “1793” page 98, “circumtances” changed to “circumstances”

Both “draught” and “draft” are used in the text.