 | Maine. Legislature - 1844 - 1148 pages
...on manners ;" and that " they bring the judgment of heaven on a country." Mr. Madison said, " it was wrong to admit in the Constitution, the idea, that there could be property in man." Similar sentiments were expressed by Rufus King, Elbridge Gerry, Governeur Monis and other members... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 710 pages
...of the duty showed 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 merchandize consumed, &c. Colonel MASON,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Antislavery movements - 1843 - 444 pages
...which conferred power on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves in 1808, " Mr. Madisonthought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." f Most memorable testimony to the truth from this greatest constitutional authority ! With the knowledge... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Slavery - 1843 - 432 pages
...Constitution which conferred power on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves in 1808, " Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."f Most memorable testimony to the truth from this greatest constitutional authority ! With the... | |
 | Universalism - 1855 - 444 pages
...convention so imperative an anti-slavery sentiment as to bring from Madison the declaration, that it was " wrong to admit, in the constitution, the idea that there could be property in man " — a declaration so far acted upon as to prevent any direct recognition of slavery in the constitution... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1845 - 674 pages
...of the duty showed 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. i Col. MASON,... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Constitutional law - 1848 - 172 pages
...motion to subject them to a "duty," in the common language used concerning merchandise, Mr. Madison " thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." And when the proposal came up, of 1808, as the year before which Congress should not prohibit the foreign... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1848 - 426 pages
...Constitution which conferred power on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves in 1808, " Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."f Most memorable testimony to the truth from this greatest constitutional authority ! With the... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1852 - 90 pages
...sanction to it; " Roger Sherman, who was OPPOSED to any clause " acknowledging men to be property ; " and Mr. Madison, who *' thought it WRONG to admit in the...Constitution the idea that there could be property in man." In the face of these unequivocal statements, it is absurd to suppose that they consented unanimously... | |
 | William Goodell - History - 1852 - 810 pages
...What were they, then ? In the Convention that drafted the Constitution — Mr. Madison declared, he " thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." — 3 Mad. Pap., 1429.* " On motion of Mr. Randolph, the word ' SERVITUDE' was struck out, and 'SERVICE'... | |
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Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. 
