...wherever its authority goes in territories or States. Let us analyze and examine them in detail. 1st. The right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed, &c. This proposition he grounds, solely and exclusively, upon the first clause of the ninth section...

...Government. 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. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guarantied to...

...says : — " 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. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guaranteed to...

...Government. 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. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guarantied to...

...Government. 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. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guarantied to...

...provided for the protection of private property against the encroachments of the Government." Again, "the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandize and property, was guarantied to...

...would seem to be perfectly in character. The Chief Justice does not hesitate to assert, and to repeat, that " the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution."f And six of them, at least, hold that Congress have no power to establish liberty or...

...government. 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. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guarantied to...

...proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808," the court say, " the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guaran tied to...

...Government. " 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.1 The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was...