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" And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives Congress a greater power over slave property, or which entitles property of that kind to less protection than property of any other description. "
DISCOURSE ON THE ASPECTS OF THE WAR - Page 11
by JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE - 1863
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A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United ..., Volume 848

United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 260 pages
...the slave escapes from his owner. This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood. And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives...protection than property of any other description. The only power conferred is the power coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the owner in...
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A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the ...

United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 260 pages
...the slave escapes from his owner. This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood. And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives...protection than property of any other description. The only power conferred is the power coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the owner in...
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Historical and Legal Examination of that Part of the Decision of the Supreme ...

Thomas Hart Benton - Fugitive slave law - 1857 - 214 pages
...the slave escapes from his owner. This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood. And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives...protection than property of any other description. The only power conferred is the power coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the owner in...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 25

Literature - 1857 - 528 pages
...the slave escapes from his owner. This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood ; and no word can be found in the Constitution which gives...protection than property of any other description. The only power conferred is the power coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the owner in...
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Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the ...

United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 254 pages
...the slave escapes from his owner. This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood. And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives...slave property, or which entitles property of that land to less protection than property of any other description. The only power conferred is the power...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 60

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 688 pages
...his owner. This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood. And no word can be found.in the Constitution which gives Congress a greater power over slave property, or which entitles property 01 that kind to less protection than property of any other description. The only power conferred is...
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The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States, Volume 1

John Codman Hurd - Law - 1858 - 778 pages
...the slave escapes from his owner. This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood. And no word can be found in the Constitution which gives...protection than property of any other description. The only power conferred is the power coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the owner in...
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The Life of Stephen A. Douglas

James Washington Sheahan - Legislators - 1860 - 562 pages
...makes no distinction between that description of property and other property owned by a citizen;" and " no word can be found in the Constitution which gives...protection than property of any other description." This is the basis upon which all rights pertaining to slave property, either in the states or the territories,...
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Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman: Major-general, U.S.A ..., Volume 2

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Cuba - 1860 - 412 pages
...of a discretionary power not conceded by the Constitution, or claimed by any respectable authority. "No word can be found in the Constitution which gives...kind to less protection than property of any other description."—Opinion of the Court in the Dred Scott case. That article in the Constitution which...
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Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman: Major-general, U.S.A ..., Volume 2

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Cuba - 1860 - 412 pages
...conceded by the Constitution, or claimed by any respectable authority. "No word ean bo found in tho Constitution which gives Congress a greater power...protection than property of any other description." — Opinion of t/ie Court in the Dred Scott case. That article in tho Constitution which declares tho...
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