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Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford December Term, 1856.
作者：United States. Supreme Court; Howard, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Chew), 1791-1872; Sanford, John F. A., 1807?-1857 [Other]; Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 [Other]
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字数：531,346 来源：Project Gutenberg
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共 26 段- It is not the province of the court to decide upon the justi
- And in the act of 1784, by which the issue of slaves, born a
- But so far as mere rights of person are concerned, the provi
- The act of Congress, upon which the plaintiff relies, declar
- The necessity of this special provision in relation to prope
- But the power of Congress over the person or property of a c
- As appears from an agreed statement of facts, this question
- The State of Louisiana, whose courts had gone further in hol
- By this same writer it is also said: "The citizens are the m
- Neither the case of Lewis Somersett, (Howell's State Trials,
- The result of these discussions is, that in general, the _st
- This ordinance was addressed to the inhabitants as a fundame
- But the more eminent men of Massachusetts rejected it; and a
- Massachusetts had ceded her pretension of claim to western t
- In the year 1835, Harriet, who is named in the second count
- In the organization of the new Government, but little revenu
- Now, if a slave abscond, he may be reclaimed; but if he acco
- It is supposed by some, that the third article in the treaty
- When that plea was adjudged insufficient, the defendant was
- The fourth of the fundamental articles of the Confederation
- One may confine the right of suffrage to white male citizens
- By the act of April 20, 1836, (4 Stat. at Large, 10,) passed
- But it is insisted that the Supreme Court of Missouri has se
- These words, "territory belonging to the United States," wer
- It appears, however, from what has taken place at the bar, t
- If the Constitution prescribe one rule, and the law another