The Unconstitutionality of SlaveryB. Marsh, 1845 - 156 Seiten |
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... becomes simple , intelligible , scientific ; always consistent with itself ; always harmonizing with morals , reason and truth . Reject this definition , and law is no longer a science : but a chaos of crude , conflicting and arbitrary ...
... becomes simple , intelligible , scientific ; always consistent with itself ; always harmonizing with morals , reason and truth . Reject this definition , and law is no longer a science : but a chaos of crude , conflicting and arbitrary ...
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... become contests between factions for power and plunder , instead of instruments for the preservation of liberty and justice equally to all . The current doctrine that private rights must yield to the public good , amounts , in reality ...
... become contests between factions for power and plunder , instead of instruments for the preservation of liberty and justice equally to all . The current doctrine that private rights must yield to the public good , amounts , in reality ...
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... becomes important , in a legal , if not historical , point of view , to correct so important an error as that of the word slave in this statement . " The words of the statute are not that " the slave trade , " but that " the trade to ...
... becomes important , in a legal , if not historical , point of view , to correct so important an error as that of the word slave in this statement . " The words of the statute are not that " the slave trade , " but that " the trade to ...
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... become so numerous , that some regulations became necessary , and the colonial govern- ments began to pass statutes , which assumed the existence of slaves , although no laws defining the persons who might be made slaves , had ever been ...
... become so numerous , that some regulations became necessary , and the colonial govern- ments began to pass statutes , which assumed the existence of slaves , although no laws defining the persons who might be made slaves , had ever been ...
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... become void under the constitution , even if they had not been previously void under the colonial charter . 4. Several of these state constitutions have used the words " free " and " freemen . " For instance . That of South Carolina ...
... become void under the constitution , even if they had not been previously void under the colonial charter . 4. Several of these state constitutions have used the words " free " and " freemen . " For instance . That of South Carolina ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 17 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 152 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Seite 25 - England; and saving and reserving to us, our heirs and successors, the receiving, hearing, and determining of the appeal and appeals of all or any person or persons of, in, or belonging to the territories...
Seite 135 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Seite 17 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Seite 63 - States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Seite 25 - ... so as such laws, ordinances and constitutions, so made, be not contrary and repugnant unto, but as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of this our realm of England, considering the nature and constitution of the place and people there...
Seite 25 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said General Court, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions...
Seite 113 - The power of congress, then, comprehends navigation within the limits of every State in the Union, so far as that navigation may be, in any manner, connected with " commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States, or with the Indian tribes.
Seite 48 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienablc rights, among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.