 | William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - 1908 - 976 páginas
...and Georgia on those terms, than to exclude them Iron the Union. »»•»»•••• 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. (August, 1787.)... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - 1909 - 330 páginas
...acknowledging men to be property by taxing them as such under the character of slaves. 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. ****** It was finally... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - 1911 - 680 páginas
...of the duty shewed 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... | |
 | Wisconsin. History Commission - 1912 - 358 páginas
...living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution, the idea that there could be property in man. Said John Adams: "Slavery is a crime much blacker than any African's face." Jefferson and Franklin... | |
 | Wisconsin. Governor - 1912 - 360 páginas
...living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution, the idea that there could be property in man. Said John Adams: "Slavery is a crime much blacker than any African's face." Jefferson and Franklin... | |
 | James Augustin Brown Scherer - 1916 - 474 páginas
...may be abolished by law." 6 Madison, as he himself writes in his Journal of the Federal Convention, "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. ' ' 7 Monroe, in the Virginia Convention, said: "We have found that this evil has «WEH Lecky, History... | |
 | James Augustin Brown Scherer - 1916 - 474 páginas
...may be abolished by law."6 Madison, as he himself writes in his Journal of the Federal Convention, "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."7 Monroe, in the Virginia Convention, said: "We have found that this evil has «WEH Lecky, History... | |
 | Carter Godwin Woodson, Rayford Whittingham Logan - 1917 - 504 páginas
...of the duty shewed 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... | |
 | James Brown Scott - 1920 - 638 páginas
...States pursue their interests with less scruple than individuals. The power of regulating commerce was a wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." Documentary History, Vol. iii, p. 618. llbid., p. 591. Session of August 22d. 2 Ibid., p. 450. pure... | |
 | Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1981 - 340 páginas
...three-fifths compromise and who certainly regarded slaves as property in Virginia, protested that it would be "wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." Much confusion resulted not only from the association of slavery with property, but also from the association... | |
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Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. 
