 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1858 - 718 páginas
...under the laws thereof." (Jour, of Fed. Const. 1787, pp. 306, 365, 384.) It was then deemed improper to admit in the constitution the idea that there could be property in men. (Madison's Works, 1429.) CC Pinckney, in speaking of this provision, says, " We have obtained a Lemmon... | |
 | 1859 - 292 páginas
...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, etc. —Ibid., 1429,... | |
 | 1859 - 300 páginas
...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, etc. — Ibid., 1429,... | |
 | Arthur Holmes - 1859 - 408 páginas
...them from the Union. Mr. Sherman objected to the tax, as acknowledging men to be property. Madison thought it " wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men ; " and the phraseology of one clause was subsequently altered to avoid any such implication. The disputed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 páginas
...State might think proper," till 1808, "dishonorable to the American character." And again, "Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there conld be property In men." 1 Of the eighty-five numbers of the " Federalist," five were written by... | |
 | Henry Wilson - 1860 - 24 páginas
...associated with the Constitution of the United States, pronounced slavery " a dreadful calamity," and he " thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man." Gouverneur Morris, whose hand was to give the finishing form to the work of the Convention, denounced... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1857 - 934 páginas
...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 a man,': and the phraseology of one clause was subsequently altered to avoid any such implication.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1862 - 914 páginas
...Constitution which conferred power on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves in 1808, " 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 páginas
...might think proper," tilt 1S0S, "dishonorable to the American character." And again, " Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." 2 Of the eighty-five numbers of the " Federalist," five were written by Jay, fourteen by Madison, three... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1862 - 854 páginas
...602, he had said : — " The Constitution treats of 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... | |
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Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. 
