 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - 1825 - 502 pages
...by the test of general usage. That which has received the assent of all, must be the law of all. " Slavery, then, has its origin in force ; but as the...by general consent, cannot be pronounced unlawful. " Throughout Christendom, this harsh rule has been exploded, and war is no longer considered as giving... | |
 | 1826 - 582 pages
...tried by the test of general usage. That which has received the assent of all, must be the law of all. Slavery, then, has its origin in force ; but as the world has agreed that it is a legitimate result nf force, the state of things which is thus produced by general consent, cannot be pronounced unlawful.... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1841 - 140 pages
...enlightened nations of antiquity, one of these was, that the victor might enslave the vanquished " Slavery, then, has its origin in force ; but as the...by general consent cannot be pronounced unlawful. " Throughout Christendom, this harsh rule has been exploded, and war is no longer considered as giving... | |
 | Richard Wildman - 1849 - 662 pages
...of the Antelope (w). Slavery, says Chief Justice Marshall, in delivering the judgment of the Court, has its origin in force ; but as the world has agreed...a legitimate result of force, the state of things that is thus produced by general consent cannot be pronounced unlawful. Throughout Christendom this... | |
 | Great Britain. Court for Crown Cases Reserved, Stephen Charles Denison - 1850 - 674 pages
...tried by the test of general usage? That which has received the assent of all, must be the law of all. Slavery then has its origin in force ; but as the...by general consent, cannot be pronounced unlawful." Then how does the case stand on the laws of this country ? The Slave Trade was a lawful trade till... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 pages
...tried by the test of general usage. That which has received the assent of all must be the law of all. Slavery, then, has its origin in force; but, as the...by general consent cannot be pronounced unlawful." As to the abstract morality of property in the service of a man, no motter how originally acquired,... | |
 | 1863 - 856 pages
...tried by the test of general usage. That which baa received the assent of all, must be the law of all. Slavery, then, has its origin in force; but as the...legitimate result of force, the state of things which is tbus produced by general consent, cannot be pronounced unlawful. "What does Chief Justice Marshall... | |
 | 1863 - 848 pages
...tried by the test of general usage. That which has received the assent of all, must be the law of all. Slavery, then, has its origin in force ; but as the world has agreed that it is a legitimate result offeree, the state of things which is thus produced by general consent, cannot be pronounced unlawful.... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1872 - 672 pages
...Wheaton Reports, in pronouncing that the slave-trade was authorized by the law of nations, said, " Slavery, then, has its origin in force; but as the...rules of the law of nations have no moral foundation. By the law of nations, the States of Europe claimed that, by the mere fact of the discovery of America,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 798 pages
...teat of *general usage. That which has re- [*1!21 ceived the assent of all, must be the law of all. Slavery, then, has its origin in force; but as the...by general consent, cannot be pronounced unlawful. Throughout Christendom, this harsh rule has been exploded, and war is no longer considered as giving... | |
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Slavery, then, has its origin in force ; but as the world has agreed, that it is a legitimate result of force, the state of things which is thus produced by general consent, cannot be pronounced unlawful. 
