"The Constitution...expressly recognizes the right to hold slaves……" — James Buchanan

"The Constitution...expressly recognizes the right to hold slaves as property in states where slavery exists. This, then, is not a question of general morality, affecting the consciences of men, but it is a question of constitutional law...The southern states have rights guaranteed to them, and these rights I am determined to maintain, come weal, come woe."

James Buchanan

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