...fifty-two years late in worrying about Article 1, Section 9; it did prevent Congress from excluding "such Persons as any of the States . . . shall think proper to admit," but only until 1808, when the slave trade was ended. Douglass conveniently ignored the efforts being...

...the very words of the report. " The act [concerning aliens] is said to be unconstitutional, because to remove aliens is a direct breach of the Constitution,...prohibited by the Congress, prior to the year 1808." "Thirdly, that as theConstilution has given to the states no power to remove aliens, during the period...

...open the wording of this section on the international slave trade: "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress. . . ." This clause barred Congress from banning the slave trade before 1808....

...the very words of the report. " The act (concerning aliens) is said to be unconstitutional, because to remove aliens is a direct breach of the Constitution,...act, the following very remarkable one is extracted : — u Thirdly, That, as the Constitution has given to the States no power to remove aliens, during...

...in the very words of the report: The act [concerning aliens! is said to be unconstitutional, becnuse to remove aliens is a direct breach of the Constitution, which provides by the ninth section of the first article: Th.-it the migration or Importation of such persons as any of the...