 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - 1845 - 672 страници
...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 few objections as possible to...several states would probably by degrees complete VOL. v. 58 39 it. He urged on the Convention the necessity of despatching its business. Col. MASON.... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1849 - 616 страници
...states now 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 - 1849 - 632 страници
...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 - 1855 - 1032 страници
...states now 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 - 1856 - 220 страници
...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 few objections as" possible to...Convention the necessity of despatching its business. Colonel MASON. This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. , The British... | |
 | 1859 - 292 страници
...right to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was best to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...Convention the necessity of despatching its business." On the other hand, it was said by Col. MASON : " This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of... | |
 | 1859 - 300 страници
...right to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was best to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...Convention the necessity of despatching its business." On the other hand, it was said by Col. MASON : " This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of... | |
 | Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson - 1860 - 32 страници
...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 few objections as possible to...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... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1857 - 934 страници
...states now 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 - 1861 - 124 страници
...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... | |
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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... 
