“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
I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all...#William H Seward
Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain,...#William H Seward
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the...#William H Seward
I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but...#William H Seward
But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then,...#William H Seward
The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as...#William H Seward
