Thus, in truth, states' rights were the protection of the free states, and as a matter of fact, during the domination of the slave power, Massachusetts appealed to this protecting principle as often and almost as loudly as South Carolina.
かくして州の権限は自由州の保護のためにあり、実際のところ、奴隷権力が支配する間は、マサチューセッツ州がサウスカロライナ州と同じくらいしばしば、また声高にこの保護政策を訴えていた。