And what is the seventh amendment but a “declaratory and restrictive clause,” securing the trial by jury, in cases at common law, “where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars,” and abandoning it where the value is less?
Mann interprets the seventh amendment as a protective measure for the right to trial by jury in civil cases.
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He that chooses to employ a sort of labor that yields only half as much to the hand as another sort would yield, makes a choice that is not only unprofitable, but deeply injurious to his interest.
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Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
So far from facilitating the increase of individual or national wealth, slavery retards both.
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