I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.
William H. SewardThere is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery.
William H. SewardNo man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro' with two gs.
William H. SewardSir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.
William H. Seward