...before and higher than any con Btituliniml sanction, and tlie right of the owner of a slave to suchelave and its increase is the same, and as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever." I do not say, I do not mean to say, that in a State where slavery exists by law and is made so*by positive...

...State Convention above alluded to was substantially this. The 20th section of the 9th article affirms " The right of property is before and higher than any...the right of the owner of any property whatever." The 10th article, section 1, " forbids emancipation without compensation and removal; permits emigrants...

...and property of freemen, exists nowhere in a republic — not even in the largest majority. SEC. 3. The right of property is before and higher than any...as the right of the owner of any property whatever. SEC. 4. That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority,...

...liberty, and property of freemen, exists nowhere in a republic — not even in the largest majority. \ 3. The right of property is before and higher than any...as the right of the owner of any property whatever. fi 4. That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority,...

...sanction ; and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase, is the same, and is as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever." Is that assented to by statesmen from the Southern States, or do they deny it ? The argument is rung...

...liberty, and property of freemen exists nowhere in a republic, — not even in the largest majority. § 3. The right of property is before and higher than any...as the right of the owner of any property whatever. § 1. That all power ia inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority,...

...of such laws, to have such slave or slaves sold for the benefit of the owner or owners. SECTION 1. The right of property is before and higher than any...as the right of the owner of any property whatever. SEC. 3. In the prosecution of slaves for crimes of higher grade than petit larceny, the legislature...

...subject to indictment, trial, and punishment, according to law. , ARTICLE VII. — Slavery. SECTION 1. The right of property is before and higher than any...as the right of the owner of any property whatever. SEC. 2. The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves without the...

...constitutions, has no legal effect whatever. The language of the first section of the seventh article is: " The right of property is before and higher than any...the right of the owner of any property whatever." But be the construction of this article what it may, it was, in the event of the vote beinjr in favor...

...subject to indictment, trial, and punishment according to law. ARTICLE VII. — Slavery. SECTION 1. The right of property is before and higher than any...as the right of the owner of any property whatever. SEC. 2. The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves without the...