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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,... "
Proceedings of the ... Republican National Conventions - Page 81
1860
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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
...more direct and less tortuous way. It is exactly the doctrine of the Chicago platform, which denies " the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature,...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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Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont, Including an ...

John Bigelow - California - 1856 - 512 pages
...deny tho 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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The Criterion: Which Exhibits Portraits of the Three Candidates, Facts in ...

Campaign literature - 1856 - 54 pages
...we deny the 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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The Life, Explorations, and Public Services of John Charles Fremont

Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 132 pages
...deny the 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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Republican Campaign Edition for the Million: Containing the Republican ...

Campaign literature - 1856 - 86 pages
...we deny the 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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Democratic Speeches on Kansas: Pamphlet Vol.], Volume 1

United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...we deny the 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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Parties and Their Principles: A Manual of Political Intelligence, Exhibiting ...

Arthur Holmes - Political parties - 1859 - 408 pages
...we deny the 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...
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Caucuses of 1860: A History of the National Political Conventions of the ...

Murat Halstead - Elections - 1860 - 248 pages
...slavery m all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," it becomes...That we brand the recent re-opening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national flag, aided by perversions of judicial power, as a crime...
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Caucuses of 1860: A History of the National Political Conventions of the ...

Murat Halstead - Elections - 1860 - 246 pages
...slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," it becomes...to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 10. That in tha recent vetoes, by their Federal Governors, of the acts of the Legislatures of Kansas...
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The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of Abram [sic] Lincoln: Together ...

Campaign literature - 1860 - 138 pages
...slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, it becomes...to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 9th. That we brand the recent reopening of the African slave trade, under the cover of our national...
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