There is certainly no power given by the Constitution to the Federal Government to establish or maintain colonies bordering on the United States or at a distance, to be ruled and governed at its own pleasure.... [N]o power is given to acquire a Territory to be held and governed permanently in that character. Chief Justice Taney Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) ta 446. Irónico como cinco décadas después en Down v. Bidwell ignoran lo establecido y acuden al pensamiento imperialista retrógrada.
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