...Constitution which conferred power on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves in 1808, u Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." f Most memorable testimony to the truth from this greatest constitutional authority ! With the knowledge...

...Constitution. What were they, then ? In the Convention that drafted the Constitution— Mr. Madison declared, he " thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."—3 Mad. Pap., 1429.* " On motion of Mr. Randolph, the word ' SERVITUDE' was struck out, and...

...Constitution which conferred power on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves in 1803, " Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."f Most memorable testimony to the truth from this greatest constitutional authority ! With the...

...himself records, in his Report of tho Debates of the Convention, his own declaration, that it was " wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." livery clause iu tho Constitution which refers in any way to slaves speaks of them as persons, and...

...himself records, in his Report of tho Debates of the Convention, his own declaration, that it was " wroug to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." Every clause in the Constitution which refers in any way to slaves speaks of them as persons, and excludes...

...discouragement to their importation. Sherman said the duty was too small to bear that character. Madison thought it " wrong to admit, in the constitution, the idea that there could be property in man ;" and the phraseology of one clause was subsequently altered to avoid any such implication. G....

...original form, " as acknowledging men to be property ;" that Mr. Madison was also opposed to it, because he " thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man ; " and that, after these objections, the clause was so amended as to exclude the idea. But Slavery...

...Reports,) -as follows: " The Constitution treats slaves as PERSONS. " The view of Mr. Madison, who thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men, seems to have been carried out in that most important instrument. Whether slaves are referred to in...

...of the duty showed revenue to be the object, not the discouragement of the importation. Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in "men. The reason of duties did not hold, as slaves are not, like merchandise, consumed, &c. Col. MASON, in...

...members of the Convention, that framed the Constitution ; and when he declared, in the Convention, that he "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea, that there could be property in man," not one person objected to the declaration. Indeed, the framers of the Constitution, not only...