An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this Subject |
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... appear questionable . " The first article of the Constitution specifies the legislative powers committed to congress . The ninth section of this article has these words : ' The migration or importation of such persons as any of the now ...
... appear questionable . " The first article of the Constitution specifies the legislative powers committed to congress . The ninth section of this article has these words : ' The migration or importation of such persons as any of the now ...
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... appears on its face . To one unacquainted with all the circumstances of the case , the language would undoubtedly be un- meaning . They would not know what was meant by the " three fifths of all other persons . " They here find that ...
... appears on its face . To one unacquainted with all the circumstances of the case , the language would undoubtedly be un- meaning . They would not know what was meant by the " three fifths of all other persons . " They here find that ...
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... appears to us , is explicit , plain , and straight forward ; and if there were , or could have been , slaves , after the Declaration of Inde- pendence was adopted , this article , with these amendments , were amply broad to meet every ...
... appears to us , is explicit , plain , and straight forward ; and if there were , or could have been , slaves , after the Declaration of Inde- pendence was adopted , this article , with these amendments , were amply broad to meet every ...
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... appears to us the court was given jurisdiction in the premises , and the language in the amendments is sufficiently clear , that the rights of no person , or any of the people , should be violated in their per- sons , their property ...
... appears to us the court was given jurisdiction in the premises , and the language in the amendments is sufficiently clear , that the rights of no person , or any of the people , should be violated in their per- sons , their property ...
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... be some obligation attached to both parties , while there appears to be none in the word " held . " A person may hold a thing without his possessing any right for so doing , and we believe this distinction was noticed at THE ARGUMENT . 83.
... be some obligation attached to both parties , while there appears to be none in the word " held . " A person may hold a thing without his possessing any right for so doing , and we believe this distinction was noticed at THE ARGUMENT . 83.
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