I have forborne, sir, in this discussion, to argue the question upon any other or different grounds of right than those adopted by your authorities, in claiming the negroes as property, because I understand that your fabric of opposition to the Government of the United States has the right of property in man as its corner-stone.


As quoted in Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler (1892), p. 604

Benjamin Butler Quotes

I have forborne, sir, in this discussion, to argue the question upon any other or different grounds of right than those adopted by your authorities,...

I have forborne, sir, in this discussion, to argue the question upon any other or different grounds of right than those adopted by your authorities,...

I have forborne, sir, in this discussion, to argue the question upon any other or different grounds of right than those adopted by your authorities,...

I have forborne, sir, in this discussion, to argue the question upon any other or different grounds of right than those adopted by your authorities,...