It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves: and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution —... War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis - Page 211by Henry Stuart Foote - 1866 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Spence - Secession - 1861 - 398 pages
...Mr. Lincoln then proceeds to recite the fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and remarks : " It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution, to this provision as much as any other." In a further passage he proceeds : "I understand... | |
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due.' "It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution, to this provision as much as any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves, whose... | |
| History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due." ^f It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution— to this provision as much as any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose... | |
| Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due." ^f It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due." It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...members of Congress .swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves,... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...Lincoln's Inaug. whom such service or lahor may be oral Address, dne.' " It is scarcely qnestioned that this provision was intended, by those who made it, for the reclamation of what we call ' fugitive slaves ' and the intention of the law-giver is the law. All... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due.' " It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as well as any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.' "It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...slaves ; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. 15 "All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.' " It is scarcely questioned that this provision was...we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the law-givers is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution, — to... | |
| Joshua Rhodes Balme - Freed persons - 1863 - 308 pages
...the party to whom such service or labour may be due." "It is scarcely questioned," said Lincoln, " that this provision was intended by those who made...members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution, and to this provision as much as any other. To the proposition, therefore, whose cases... | |
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