Excerpt from The Works of Daniel Webster, Vol. 6 On these pleadings the substantial question is raised, Are these laws such as the legislature of New York has a right to pass? If, so, do they, secondly, in their operation, interfere with any right enjoyed under the Constitution and laws of the UM States, and are they therefore void, as far as such inter faence extends? It may be well to state again their general purport and effect, and the purport and effect of the other State laws which have been enacted by way of retaliation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.