The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever-growing influence of the Bible. — William H. Seward
The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, — William H. Seward
The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently — William H. Seward
No man will ever be president of the United States who spells Negro with two g’s. — William H. Seward
I mean to say that congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of texas. — William H. Seward
But there is a higher law than the constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain. — William H. Seward
Simultaneously with the establishment of the constitution, virginia ceded to the united states her domain — William H. Seward
It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and — William H. Seward
It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state — William H. Seward
The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states — William H. Seward
Sir, there is no christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery. — William H. Seward
There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state — William H. Seward
The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual — William H. Seward
The united states are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government — William H. Seward
I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the constitution not merely does not — William H. Seward
I speak on due consideration because britain, france, and mexico, have abolished slavery. — William H. Seward
But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations — William H. Seward
I deem it established, then, that the constitution does not recognize property in man — William H. Seward
To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there — William H. Seward