...claimed to see "insurmountable objections, to the annexation of Texas," but took the position that "slavery, as it exists in the States, is beyond the reach of Congress." Wiltse et al.. Papers uf Daniel Webster, Corres., 4:181, 189, Speeches and Formal Writings, 2:117-52....

...guarantees we are all bound in honor, in justice, and by the Constitution. All the stipulations contained in the Constitution, in favor of the slaveholding States...so far as depends on me, shall be fulfilled, in the fullness of their spirit, and to the exactness of their letter. Slavery, as it exists in the States,...

...we are all bound, in honor, in justice, and by the constitution. All the stipulations contained in the constitution in favor of the slave-holding states...so far as depends on me, shall be fulfilled, in the fullness of their spirit and to the exactness of their letter. Slavery, as it exists in the states,...

...the full extent of these guaranties we are all bound, in honor, in justice, and by the Constitution. "Slavery, as it exists in the States, is beyond the reach of Congress. But when we come to speak of admitting new States, the subject assumes an entirely different aspect....