Talk:William Seward
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Higher Law Speech
[edit]I think an article about William Henry Seward should include his comment about the "Higher law" where he argued, in reference to the Fugative Slave Act, that there is a Divine Law which is higher than the Constitution. The section is:
"The Congress regulates our stewardship; the Constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defence, to welfare, and to liberty.
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. The territory is a part, no inconsiderable part, of the common heritage of mankind, bestowed upon them by the Creator if the universe. We are his stewards, and must so discharge our trust as to secure in the highest attainable degree their happiness." (from paragraphs 22 and 23 of his speech.)
Of course Seward's arguement failed. The Dred Scott decision, which still stands, makes it clear that the Constitution prevails. 17:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)John Rydberg
Twodabs?
[edit]Shouldn't this redirect to the more famous father, with a hatnote linking to the son? bd2412 T 17:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
This seems right as the dab stood before, but I've found 2 more entries for a see also which seem to justify a dab here. However, if one is far more famous than the other, this dab might be better moved to William Seward (disambiguation)? Boleyn (talk) 18:55, 4 January 2011 (UTC)