William H. Seward : (3)

" I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it. " - William H. Seward

" To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two states in which slaves are a majority, and not one in which the slaveholders are not a very disproportionate minority. " - William H. Seward

" But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. " - William H. Seward