 | Antislavery movements - 1837 - 486 pages
..." The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shah' think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Commercial law - 1837 - 886 pages
...any of the states now existing [at the time of the adoption of the constitution] shall think proper within three months, at least, after the expiration of each su one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - History - 1839 - 384 pages
...constitution, which provides by the 9th section of the 1st article, that ' the migration or importation of such persons as any of the states shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year 1808.' " To this, it is answered, first, that this... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1840 - 554 pages
...articles which restrict the powers of congress, and declares, " that the emigration or importation of such persons as any of the states shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited prior to the year 1808." Now, sir, where is the difference between a power to prevent... | |
 | Thomas C. Thornton - Slavery - 1841 - 358 pages
...'the migration or importation of such persons, as any of the states now existing, shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by congress, prior to the year 1808?' This is an exception from the power of regulating commerce, and the restriction is only to continue... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
..." The migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax, or duty, may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
 | Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...1. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight ;(s) but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1841 - 560 pages
...1. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by congress, prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 520 pages
...the migration or importation of such persons, as any of the states now existing shall think proper tj admit, shall not be prohibited by congress prior to the year 1808.' This is an exception from the power of regulating commerce, and the restriction is only to continue... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 564 pages
...articles which restrict the powers of congress, and declares, " that the emigration or importation of such persons as any of the states shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited prior to the year 1808." Now, sir. where is the difference between a power to prevent... | |
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The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation,... 
