...lieu thereof infert, " That Congrefs have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of flaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the feveral States alone to provide any regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require."...

...control of the States themselves ; and this, I am sure, is the opinion of the whole North. Congress has no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States. This was so resolved by the house of representatives, when Congress sat in this...

...committed to the Committee of the Whole House, after many days discussion, was finally amended to read ns follows : " That the migration or importation of such...therein which humanity and true policy may require." Such, Mr. Speaker, then was, ever since has been, and now is, the judgment of Northern, as well ai...

...States now existing shall think proper to admit, cannot be prohibited by Congress, prior to the y ear 1808; that Congress have no authority to interfere...therein which humanity and true policy may require." Such, Mr. Speaker, then was, ever since has been, and now is, the judgment of Northern, as well as...

...proposition, and that which bears on the present question, was expressed in the following terms : " Hcsulred, That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States, it remaining with the several States, alone, to provide lilies and regulations...

...thousand eight hundred and eight." Strike out the second and third clauses, and in lieu thereof insert, " That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...therein, which humanity and true policy may require." Strike out the fourth and fifth clauses, and in lieu thereof insert, " That Congress have authority...

...proposition, and that which hears on the present question, was expressed in the following terms: " Resolved, That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the states; it remaining with the several states alone to provide rules and regulations therein,...

...proposition, and that which bears on the present question, was expressed in the following terms : " llfa/ilnd, in any of the States, it remaining with the several States, alone, to provide rules and regulations...

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...Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the states; it remaining with the several states alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require." This resolution received...