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William H. Seward quotes

American Statesman May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872

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There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery. William H. Seward
William H. Seward quote: "There is a higher law than the Constitution."
There is a higher law than the Constitution. William H. Seward
It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state. William H. Seward
William H. Seward quote: "But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man."
But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man. William H. Seward
To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two states in which slaves are a majority, and not one in which the slaveholders are not a very disproportionate minority. William H. Seward
But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states neither northern nor southern, namely, the western states, their coming in being foreseen and provided for. William H. Seward
I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can. William H. Seward

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