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" ... 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 554
by United States Department of State - 1965
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 21

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,...
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The Church

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...
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Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Frémont ...

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...
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Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Frémont ...

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...
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Republican Campaign Edition for the Million: Containing the Republican ...

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...
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The Life, Explorations, and Public Services of John Charles Fremont

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...
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LIFEEXPLORATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES

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...
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The Criterion: Which Exhibits Portraits of the Three Candidates, Facts in ...

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...
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Democratic Speeches on Kansas: Pamphlet Vol.], Volume 1

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...
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Proceedings of the ... Republican National Conventions

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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