 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 651859 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Zachariah George, William Hayne Leavell - African Americans - 1915 - 388 pages
...possible to the proposed scheme of government, he thought it best to leave the matter as they found it He observed that the abolition of slavery seemed...several States would probably by degrees complete it." 1 Colonel Mason, of Virginia, replied as follows: "This infernal traffic originated in the avarice... | |
 | James Zachariah George, William Hayne Leavell - African Americans - 1915 - 386 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...government, he thought it best to leave the matter as they found it. He observed that the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United States,... | |
 | Thomas Edward Watson - United States - 1916 - 598 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... | |
 | Carter Godwin Woodson, Rayford Whittingham Logan - African Americans - 1917 - 504 pages
...to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, & as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...he thought it best to leave the matter as we find it.84 He observed that the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the US & that the good sense... | |
 | Ohio - 1918 - 544 pages
...trade, yet, as the States were now possessed of the right to import slaves * * * and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...Convention the necessity of despatching its business. Col. Mason, of Virginia, vigorously denounced slavery and added: — "Maryland and Virginia have already... | |
 | Ulrich Bonnell Phillips - Plantation life - 1918 - 556 pages
...the permanence of any critical problem in the premises was discredited. Roger Sherman of Connecticut "observed that the abolition of slavery seemed to...the United States, and that the good sense of the people of the several states would by degrees compleat it." His colleague Oliver Ellsworth said, "The... | |
 | Ulrich Bonnell Phillips - Plantation life - 1918 - 558 pages
...the permanence of any critical problem in the premises was discredited. Roger Sherman of Connecticut "observed that the abolition of slavery seemed to...the United States, and that the good sense of the people of the several states would by degrees compleat it." His colleague Oliver Ellsworth said, "The... | |
 | Ulrich Bonnell Phillips - Plantation life - 1918 - 560 pages
...the premises was discredited. Roger Sherman of Connecticut "observed that the abolition of slayery seemed to be going on in the United States, and that the good sense of the people of the 7\\f several states would by degrees compleat it." His colleague '•/ Oliver Ellsworth... | |
 | Ulrich Bonnell Phillips - Plantation life - 1918 - 544 pages
...premises was discredited. Roger Sherman of Connecticut "observed that the abolition of slaverysefcrried to be going on in the United States, and that the good sense of the people of the several states would by degrees compleat it." His colleague Oliver Ellsworth said, "The... | |
 | Ohio - 1919 - 450 pages
...trade, yet, as the States were now possessed of the right to import slaves * * * and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...Convention the necessity of despatching its business. Col. Mason, of Virginia, vigorously denounced slavery and added: — "Maryland and Virginia have already... | |
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