 Mr. SHERMAN was for leaving the clause as it stands. He disapproved of the slave trade ; yet as the States were now possessed of the right to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as...  History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue - Page 671859 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Hildreth - History - 1849 - 616 pages
...possessed the right, and the public good did not require it to be taken away, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of government, he would leave the matter as he . found it. The abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - History - 1849 - 632 pages
...the matter as he found it. The abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United States, and the good sense of the several states would probably, by degrees, complete it. Denouncing the slave trade with great energy, Mason sought to lay the blame of it on " the avarice... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Constitutional history - 1855 - 1032 pages
...possessed the right, and the public good did not require it to be taken away ; and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of government, he would leave the matter as he found it. The abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - Constitutional law - 1856 - 220 pages
...import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as" possible to the proposed...Convention the necessity of despatching its business. Colonel MASON. This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. , The British... | |
 | Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson - Slavery - 1860 - 32 pages
...import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...thought it best to leave the matter as we find it. "Colonel MASON. This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants." ooo "The evil... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Slave trade - 1857 - 934 pages
...possessed the right, and the public good did not require it to be taken away ; and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of government, he would leave the matter as he found it The abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United... | |
 | Joseph Clay Stiles - Slavery - 1861 - 124 pages
...indicating an opinion that slavery would decline. Sherman remarked that " the abolition of slavery is going on in the United States, and that the good sense...several states would probably, by degrees, complete it." Ellsworth, his colleague, supposed that "as population increases, poor laborers will become so plenty... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it Roger was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...thought it best to leave the matter as we find it. lie observed, that the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United States, and that the... | |
 | James Williams (American diplomat.) - Presidents - 1863 - 448 pages
...import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...several States would probably by degrees complete it. Mr. Mason, of Virginia This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. The British... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 680 pages
...import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...several states would probably by degrees complete VOL. v. 58 39 it. lie urged on the Convention the necessity of despatching its business. Col. MASON.... | |
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