the authority of British law, as he found it written down by Blackstone: " The law of nature being coeval with God himself is of course superior to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all time. No human laws are of any... The Works of William H. Seward - Page 127by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
| Horace Mann - Slavery - 1851 - 592 pages
...to any other. It is binding all over the globe ; in all countries, at all times. No human laws have any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid, derive all their force and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original." — 1 Com. 41.... | |
| Horace Mann - Slavery - 1851 - 588 pages
...to any other. It is binding all over the globe ; in all countries, at all times. No human laws have any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid, derive all their force and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original." — 1 Com. 41.... | |
| None - History - 1851 - 514 pages
...nature, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and all times. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive... | |
| William Hosmer - History - 1852 - 206 pages
...nature, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive... | |
| William Hosmer - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1852 - 226 pages
...nature, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive... | |
| William Goodell - History - 1853 - 432 pages
...every other. It is binding all over the globe, in all countries, and at all times. No human laws have ANY VALIDITY if contrary to THIS ; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, mediately or immediately, from this original." (Fortescue.) "The inferior must give place... | |
| William Goodell - Enslaved persons - 1853 - 448 pages
...every other. It is binding all over the globe, in all countries, and at all times. No human laws have ANY VALIDITY if contrary to THIS; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, mediately or immediately, from this original." (Fortescue.) " The inferior must give place... | |
| William Goodell - Enslaved persons - 1853 - 458 pages
...every other. It is binding all over the globe, in all countries, and at all times. No human laws have ANY VALIDITY if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, mediately or immediately, from this original." (Fortescue.) "The inferior must give place... | |
| Horace Mann - History - 1853 - 576 pages
...to any other. It is binding all over the globe ; in all countries, at all times. No human laws have any validity, if contrary to this ; and such*- of them as are valid, derive all their force and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original." — 1 Com. 41.... | |
| George E. Baker - 1855 - 424 pages
...even more necessary to the reconstruction of society. He directed against the same odious stamp-act the authority of British law as he found it written...all the globe, in all countries, and at all time. jSTo human laws are of any validity if contrary to this ; and such of them as are valid derive all... | |
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