“If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge its boundaries and increase its influence, and thus increase already impending dangers?Quote by William H SewardTopics: Quotes about William H SewardShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain,...#William H Seward
But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states...#William H Seward
The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for...#William H Seward
But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then,...#William H Seward
I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free,...#William H Seward
