 The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only [by] positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself, from whence it was created,...  A Complete Collection of State Trials Vol. XX - Page 81de T. B. Howell, Esq. - 1816Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 644 pages
...Lord Mansfield, pronouncing judgment in the great case of Somersett, " is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons moral or political, but only by positive laiv. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but POSITIVE LAW." And a slaveholding... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 528 pages
...pronouncing judgment in the great case of Somerset, "is of such a nature that it is incapable of Wing introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law. It is so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but POSITIVE LAW," — that is, express... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Samuel Freeman Miller - 1875 - 848 pages
...extremely different in different countries." "The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral...occasion, and time itself, from whence it was created, are erased from the memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1875 - 598 pages
...state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons morul or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasions, and time itself from whence it was created is erased from memory. It is so odious that nothing... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1876 - 920 pages
...been extremely different in different countries. The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only positive law, which preserves its force I' EL' after the reasons, occasions, and time itself from whence... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1877 - 606 pages
...been exceedingly different in different countries. The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserve* its force long after the reasons, occasions, and time itself from whence it was created is... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1877 - 596 pages
...state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons moral 01 political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasions, and time itself from whence it was created is erased from memory. It is so odious that nothing... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - 1878 - 588 pages
...countries. The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reason, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasions, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory. It is so odious that... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1879 - 460 pages
...question in the one case more than in the other? " The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons moral or political, but only by positive law." And, again, " Slavery is so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law." Now,... | |
 | Frederick Charles Moncreiff - 1882 - 204 pages
...incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, and can only be enforced in obedience to positive law, which preserves its force long after...reasons, occasion, and time itself, from whence it sprang, are erased from the memory. It is so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but... | |
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