Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 2W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1875 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... condition of this unhappy race . They were still in force when the revolution began , and are a faith- ful index to the state of feeling towards the class of persons of whom they speak , and of the position they occupied throughout the ...
... condition of this unhappy race . They were still in force when the revolution began , and are a faith- ful index to the state of feeling towards the class of persons of whom they speak , and of the position they occupied throughout the ...
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... condition of this race in the several States at the time , it is impossible to believe that these rights and privileges were intended to be extended to them . It is very true , that in that portion of the Union where the labor of the ...
... condition of this race in the several States at the time , it is impossible to believe that these rights and privileges were intended to be extended to them . It is very true , that in that portion of the Union where the labor of the ...
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... condition of this race , which were passed from time to time after the revolution , and before and since the adoption of the con- stitution of the United States . In addition to those already referred to , it is sufficient to say , that ...
... condition of this race , which were passed from time to time after the revolution , and before and since the adoption of the con- stitution of the United States . In addition to those already referred to , it is sufficient to say , that ...
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... condition ; and it gave to congress the power to confer this character upon those only . who were born outside of the dominions of the United States . And no law of a State , therefore , passed since the constitution was adopted , can ...
... condition ; and it gave to congress the power to confer this character upon those only . who were born outside of the dominions of the United States . And no law of a State , therefore , passed since the constitution was adopted , can ...
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... condition in which it was transferred , and did not attempt to undo anything that had been done . And , among the earliest laws passed under the new government , is one reviving the OPINION OF THE COURT . ] The Dred Scott Case DECEMBER ...
... condition in which it was transferred , and did not attempt to undo anything that had been done . And , among the earliest laws passed under the new government , is one reviving the OPINION OF THE COURT . ] The Dred Scott Case DECEMBER ...
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Page 177 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 194 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 363 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...
Page 103 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 440 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Page 126 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 290 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 53 - Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 104 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 140 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the admission of States lawfully arising within the limits of the United States, whether from a voluntary junction of Government and Territory or otherwise, with the consent of a number of voices in the National legislature less than the whole.