[220] Speech in the Senate, August 26, 1852: ante, Vol. III. pp. 126, 127.
[221] Speech in the Senate, March 26, 27, 1850: Congressional Globe, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, pp. 468-480.
[222] Speech in the House of Representatives, February 23, 1849: Ibid., 30th Cong. 2d Sess., Appendix, pp. 318-326.
[223] Journal of Congress, Vol. VIII. p. 419.
[224] Debates in the Federal Convention, August 22, 1787: Madison Papers, p. 1394.
[225] Annals of Congress, 1st. Cong. 2d Sess., col. 1189.
[226] Journal of Congress, Vol. X. pp. 29, 50, 52.
[227] Introduction to the Anas: Jefferson’s Writings, Vol. IX. p. 94.
[228] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 130.
[229] Laws of Maryland, 1791, Ch. XLIV. sec. 2.