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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. John A. Logan, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, April 15, 1879
But, sir, there is no such state of case with this bill. Our Government is one of coordinate powers which have mutual duties, independent responsibilities, and separate checks one upon the other. If one branch of the Government takes away the freedom of action of the others, it usurps the powers, privileges, and functions of the whole.
Now, sir, this constitutes coercion of the boldest, rankest kind. The measure being coercive is certainly against the spirit of the Constitution and, being so, is revolutionary to the last degree. The logic of this conclusion is so inevitable as to permit no outlet for escape.
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