 | William Ellery Channing - 1862 - 914 strani
...Constitution which conferred power on Congress to abolish the importation of slaves in 1808, " Mr. Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." f Most memorable testimony to the truth from this greatest constitutional authority ! With the... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1868 - 208 strani
...of Massachusetts, who all concurred with Mr. Gerry; and especially of Mr. Madison, of Virginia, who, in mild juridical phrase, " THOUGHT IT WRONG TO 'ADMIT...CONSTITUTION' THE IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE PROPERTY IN MAN." And lastly, as if to complete the elaborate work of Freedom, and to give expression to all these utterances,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1863 - 680 strani
...of the duty showed revenue to be the object, not the discouragement of the importation. Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. The reason of duties did not hold, as slaves are not, like merchandise, consumed, &c. Col. MASON,... | |
 | 1897 - 678 strani
...more dishonorable to the American character than to say nothing about it in the constitution. . . . He thought it wrong to admit In the constitution the Idea that there could be property In men. — The Uadinon Papers, pp. 577, 578, SSI, 582, 60S, 610. A few extracts from speeches made In... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1863 - 284 strani
...Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia, in the negative (4). It was finally agreed, nem. con., to make the clause read, " but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person." Ten dollars was considered... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 strani
...fought when the critical day should come which he foresaw." Madison, the father of the Constitution, " thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man." " I object to the word slave appearing in a Constitution which I trust is to be the charter of freedom... | |
 | John Adams Dix - 1864 - 476 strani
...strength of the known ooinions of her delegates in the convention. Mr. Madison would not consent " to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." He was unwilling to postpone the prohibition of the slave-trade twenty years. " So long a term,"... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1865 - 1026 strani
...living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution, the idea that there could be property in man.— Said John Adams : "Slavery is a crime much blacker than ¡ any African's face." Jefferson and Franklie... | |
 | James Alexander Hamilton - 1869 - 672 strani
...First, the cotemporaneons history : In Convention (see Madison and Elliott's debates) Madison said he "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man. Wo intend this Constitution to be the great charter of human liberty to the unborn millions who may... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 462 strani
...: it was a nefarious institution." 1 In another mood, and with mild juridical phrase, Mr. Madison " thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."2 And Washington, in a letter written near this period, says, with a frankness worthy of imitation,"... | |
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Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. 
