Carolina QuotesBy a State I mean, a complete body of free persons united together for their common benefit, to enjoy peaceably what is their own, and to do justice to others.
James Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 419 (1793), at 455.
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- 1793
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