During the debate of 1850, argued that there was a higher law than the constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories.

During the debate of the 1850, William H. Seward argued that there was a higher law that the constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories.
William Seward was U.S secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as Governor of New York and U.S Senator.