Excerpt from Slavery Extension and Protection Its Tendencies and Dangers: Speech of Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hampshire, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 20, 1860 Why, if the Constitution gave the privilege, it would be incompetent for California to adopt the provision which she has in her Constitution. That 18, if the Constitution gave the privilege of holding slaves ln California, it would be incompetent for the people of California to adopt a provision in their Constitution restricting slavery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.