Thus, in those days, a partisan of Slavery, while asserting its divine origin, and vindicating the rendition of fugitive slaves, recognized the claim of the master as “a suit at Common Law,” to be tried by a jury; and this he insisted was prescribed by the Constitution.
Sumner reflects on how even proponents of slavery acknowledged the legal right to a jury trial for claims regarding fugitive slaves, as mandated by the Constitution.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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