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" ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. "
Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin - Page 243
by William Dean Howells - 1860 - 390 pages
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Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton: Or, Men and Events, at Home and Abroad ...

James Alexander Hamilton - New York (State) - 1869 - 672 pages
...atrocious debasement of human nature.' " — Franklin. Chief Justice Taney 1ms authoritatively declared " the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution" — and Southern men generally, with their allies in the North, insist that the Constitution of the...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as ..., Volume 2

Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 pages
...meaning, and that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of fact, — the statement in the opinion that " the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution." An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly...
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Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney, LL.D.: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of ...

Samuel Tyler - Electronic books - 1872 - 672 pages
...Government. Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. -The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guaranteed to...
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Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 2

United States. Supreme Court, Samuel Freeman Miller - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 848 pages
...government. Now, as we have already s;iid in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the constitution. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guarantied to...
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Campaign of '84: Biographies of James G. Blaine, the Republican Candidate ...

Thomas Valentine Cooper, Hector Tyndale Fenton - Campaign literature - 1884 - 530 pages
...Wheaton, (U. 8. Supreme Court Reports), page 49. The Court said in The Dred Scott case, above referred to, that : — " The right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. The right to traffic in it like the ordinary article of merchandise and property was guarantied to...
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Campaign of '84: Biographies of S. Grover Cleveland, the Democratic ...

Benjamin La Fevre - Political parties - 1884 - 532 pages
...Wheaton, (U S. Supreme Court Reports), page 49. The Court said in The Dred Scott case, above referred to, that:—" The right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. The ri;^ht to traffic in it like the ordinary article of merchandise and property was guarantied to...
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Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth ...

William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...meaning, and that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of fact — the statement in the opinion that " the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution." An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not " distinctly...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Man and the War President. Showing His Growth, Training ...

William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...meaning, and that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of fact — the statement in the opinion that " the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution." An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not " distinctly...
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The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History

John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...Supreme Law, no (State) Constitution or law can interfere with it. It being affirmed in the decision that the right of property in a Slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution, the conclusion inevitably follows that no State law or Constitution can destroy that right. " I then...
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The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political ..., Volume 2

James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1888 - 694 pages
...declared that there was no difference " between property in a slave and any other property." He said: "The right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. [Not so ] The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guaranteed...
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