Supreme Court quotation

[Mark Williams <mark_williams@EEE.ORG>]

Well, I give up!  I've searched everything I cna think of, both print and
electronic and I come up dry on this one.  Do any of you out there deal with
constitutional law and know where I might look for the answer to this one?

The question:

A teacher has asked me to look up a quote, supposedly used by Thurgood
Marshall in arguing Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court.
The quote is from a speech Thaddeus Stevens gave to Congress.  The teacher
thnks that the speech was given in 1838, but I think this can't be correct,
since the quote is supposed to deal with racial equality and the 14th
amendment.  Any sources I access show either summaries of the decision,
historical background on the decision, or the complete text of the decision,
but not arguments or opening statements, which is where the quote was
apparently used.

I've also tried Bartlett's, Stevenson's, Oxford Book of Quotations -- have
nothing by T. Stevens, so that idea is shot.  I need a date the speech was
given to be able to search Congressional Record, and as I said, the date is
questionable. (Don'tcha love it?!)

Any ideas?

TIA!

Mark WIlliams
Librarian
Colton High School
Mark Williams
Librarian
Colton High School
<mark_williams@eee.org>