We have thus far no guide of experience. And we are similarly at a loss what constitutional rights. the people of this new territory have. Whether they have all the rights of citizens. including immigration. trial by jury. etc.. whether customs duties there must be the same as here. are all unsettled and great divergence of opinion already appears. I think those who reserve their judgment are most discreet. On doubtful questions of constitutional law. applying the words of the Constitution to facts which it framers certainly did not have in mind. men always have been governed largely by their wishes.
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