On the other hand. it was contended by amumber of members of Congress that that was just as I claimed it was the other night. a power of sovereignty not denied to the General Government. and that the territorv could be taken without relying upon that provision of the Constitution about the admission of States. which they said with great force referred simply to the territory included in the 800.000 square miles we then had. I regard that as one of the things settled. Mr.. Lincoln in his first message raised that question. and said after sixty years the question of power to get foreign lands was not open to discussion. Evidently. then. when he was making that statement. he was considering whether we should not buy African. lands for the deportation of Africans. He said that was within the power of the Government of the United States. I do not care to debater the question. but merely wished to make this suggestion.
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