...to the House of Representatives. The Constitution of Kansas in Article 1, Section 7, declared that " the right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the right of an owner of a slave to such slave and its »n. crease is the same and is as inviolate...

...liberty, and property of freemen, exists nowhere in a republic — not even in the largest majority. § 3. The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction ; and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave, and its increase, is the same, and as inviolable as...

...proslavery instrument, whether adopted with or without slavery. If adopted with slavery, it provided that " the right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as inviolable as the...

...circumstances, be exiled from the State. [SEC. 22. The right of property is before and higher thai» any constitutional sanction ; and private property...for public use, without just compensation therefor.] SEC. 23. The State's ancient right of eminent domain and of taxation is herein fully and expressly...

...subject to indictment, trial, and punishment according to law. ARTICLE VII.— SLAVERY. SECTION 1. The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as inviolable as the...

...and subject to indictment, trial, and punishment according to law. ARTICLE VII. SLAVERY. SECTION 1. resentatives.*] SEC. 9. The president of the convention shall issue writs of ele the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same, and as inviolable as...

...their office conscientiously. The material provision respecting slavery was, verbatim, as follows: "The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the right of the owner of a, slave to such slave and his increase is the same and as inviolable as...

...Judge Black was counselling President Buchanan, the African slave in America was personal property. "The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction" declared the Kentucky constitution of 1850. The Constitution of the United States, the Constitution...

...the law of the land ; nor shall any person, under any circumstances, be exiled from the State. SEC. 22. The right of property is before and higher than...for public use, without just compensation therefor. SEC. 24. All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates...

...Art. 11, Sec. 22, suras the nature of the right to private property in the following words : — " The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction." From these various provisions touching this right as it is set forth in the state constitutions, it...