...elaborate concurrence, Justice Swan quoted Story's opinion that "the state of slavery is deemed to be a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of the territorial laws." He also cited Prigg to show that the Fugitive Slave Law could not apply to cases such as this one.91...

...Peters, 611, the Supreme Court of the United States held that — <;The state of slavery is deemed to be a mere municipal regulation, founded upon, and limited to, the range of the territorial lands. " There are other decisions upon this subject, but I will not take uu the time of this committee...

...were solemnly and authoritatively established as th« law of the land : 1st. That the stat^ of slavery is a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of Territorial laws. 2d. That the laws of one State or country can have no force or effect in another...