 | Campaign literature, 1860 - 1860 - 270 pages
...meaning, and that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of fact— the statement in the opinion that "the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly aflirmed In the Constitution." An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...others, that I think it will take a better answer than a sneer to show that those 184 who Lave said that the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirm* eel in the Constitution, are not prepared to show that no constitution or law can destroy that... | |
 | Nebraska. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1861 - 356 pages
...of the land was established; and the Supreme Court have declared, what everybody knows to be true, that " the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the constitution." It makes no man a slave, but it recognizes the relation between master and slave as a lawful relation,... | |
 | Joel Parker - Personal liberty laws - 1861 - 100 pages
...And yet this is one of the clauses cited, as we have seen, in the " opinion of the court," to show that the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. And it is added, " The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property,... | |
 | Tennessee - Session laws - 1861 - 148 pages
...Taney said : " Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution." "And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives Congress a greater power over slave property,... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - Slavery - 1862 - 438 pages
...; and that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of facts — the statement in the opinion that the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the constitution. An inspection of the constitution -will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly... | |
 | George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 396 pages
...and that it was ' mainly based upon a mistaken statement of facts — the state' ment in the opinion that the right of property in a slave is ' distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. An in' spection of the Constitution will show that the right of property ' in a slave is not distinctly... | |
 | George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 372 pages
...that it was ' mainly based upon a mistaken statement of facts ' — the state' ment in the opinion that the right of property in a slave is ' distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. An in' spection of the Constitution will show that the right of property ' in a slave is not distinctly... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
...meaning, and that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of fact — the statement in the opinion that ' the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.' " An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly... | |
 | Louisiana. Constitutional Convention, Albert P. Bennett - History - 1864 - 644 pages
...Sandford : " Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed by the constitution. The . right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property,... | |
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... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. 
