"Here I close my opinion. I could not……" — Stephen Johnson Field

Here I close my opinion. I could not say less in view… - Stephen Johnson Field

"Here I close my opinion. I could not say less in view of questions of such gravity that go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an Act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end? The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and"

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