 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...Court and the advocates of that decision may search in vain for the place in the Constitution where the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed. I say, therefore, that I think one of the premises is not true in fact. But it is true with Judge Douglas.... | |
 | United States - 1902 - 512 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... | |
 | Joseph Benson Gilder - United States - 1902 - 346 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... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1902 - 458 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... | |
 | United States - 1902 - 510 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1902 - 194 pages
...that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of fact — the statement in the opinion that 62 " 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... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1902 - 938 pages
...now read : ' 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.' I repeat it, ' *the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution:... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1901 - 770 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. . . . This is done in plain words — too plain to be misunderstood. And no word can be found in the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 pages
...meaning, and that it was mainly based upon a mistaken statement of f act— 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 hot "distinctly... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 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 right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. 
