In the preamble of that instrument, the great objects for which it was framed are declared to be ‘to establish justice, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to us and to our posterity.’ The slave laws are flagrant violations of these fundamental principles.
She emphasizes that the foundational goals of the Constitution are violated by slave laws.
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