... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals,... Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs - Page 554by United States Department of State - 1965Full view - About this book
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1862 - 914 pages
...platform, which denies " the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States;" meaning, of course, any of the present territory, in which no existing local law authorizes it. How,... | |
| 1862
...violate it ; and we deny the authority of Congress, or a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United Statet," This is a plain avowal that slavery is not national according to the Constitution, and that... | |
| John Bigelow - California - 1856 - 524 pages
...authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, of any individual or any association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. " 3. Hesolved, That the Constitution confers upon... | |
| John Bigelow - California - 1856 - 508 pages
...authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, of any individual or any association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. " 3. Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon... | |
| Campaign literature - 1856 - 86 pages
...authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any individual or association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon Congress... | |
| Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 132 pages
...authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any individual, or association of individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign... | |
| CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM - 1856 - 458 pages
...authority of congress, of a territorial legislature, of any individual or association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. 3. " Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon... | |
| Campaign literature - 1856 - 54 pages
...authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, of any indivi ual or association of individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon Congress... | |
| United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any individual or a-sociution of individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United Slate*, while the present Consli utioii shall be maintained. '•3 Remind, That the Con-tittition confers... | |
| United States - 1860 - 168 pages
...violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States. 9. That we brand the recent re-opening of the African slave trade, under the cover of our national... | |
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