 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1898 - 268 páginas
...more dishonoruble to the American character than to say nothing about it in the constitution. . . . He thought it wrong to admit in the constitution the idea that there could be property in men. — The Madison Papers, pp. 577, 578, 581, 582, 608, 610. A. few extracts from speeches made in the... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1900 - 278 páginas
...more dishonors* ble to the American character than to say nothing about It In the constitution. . . . He thought it wrong to admit in the constitution the idea that there could be property in men. — The Madison Papers, pp. 577, 578, 581, 582, 608, 610. A few extracts from speeches made in the... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 398 páginas
...the kindred idea of property in man. The saying of Mr. Madison cannot be too often repeated : — " He thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."1 But is it less wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea of Inequality of Rights founded on... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1900 - 936 páginas
...of the duty showed revenue to be the object, not the discouragement of the importation. M r 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. [" " stricken out]... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 392 páginas
...slavery: it was a nefarious institution." * In another mood, and with mild juridical phrase, Mr. Madison "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."2 And Washington, in a letter written near this period, says, with a frankness worthy of imitation,"... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 404 páginas
...4 and especially of Mr. Madison, of Virginia, who, in a phrase which cannot be quoted too often, " THOUGHT IT WRONG TO ADMIT IN THE CONSTITUTION THE IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE PROPl Address to the States, April 26, 1783 : Journal of Congress, Vol. VUL p. 201. 4 Madison's Debates... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 376 páginas
...as it may be preserved by the uncertain clause for the rendition of fugitives from service. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there can be property in men ; and I rejoice to believe that no such idea can be found there. The Constitution... | |
 | Gaillard Hunt - 1902 - 428 páginas
...about it in the Constitution."* Concerning the proposition to lay a tax on the import of slaves, he said he thought it "wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. "f On August 29, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney said that, considering the "liberal conduct" of the Eastern... | |
 | Gaillard Hunt - 1902 - 424 páginas
...about it in the Constitution. "* Concerning the proposition to lay a tax on the import of slaves, he said he thought it "wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."f On August 29, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney said that, considering the "liberal conduct" of the... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - 1902 - 506 páginas
...slaves into North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia shall not be prohibited," etc. Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. When the Report was again taken up, Mr. Pinckney moved to postpone it in favor of the following proposition... | |
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Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. 
