...prohibiting its existence or extension therein. That we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial legislature, of any individual, or association of...United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained.49 Consequently, the framers of the amendment would not be surprised to discover that the...

...of "Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals" (justices of the Supreme Court?) "to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States." With the November election's key constituencies in mind, it closed with support for free homesteads,...

...violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individual, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States." National Party Platforms, p. 32. 13. See esp. Lincoln's First Annual Message to Congress, December...

...territorial legislature, or any individual or association of individuals, to give legal assistance to slavery in any territory of the United States,...while the present Constitution shall be maintained" And yet what information does this afford about the object of the new party? How do we know what they...

...violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individual, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 9. That we brand the recent reopening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national flag,...

...Congress, a territorial legislature, or any other power (presumably the President or the Supreme Court) "to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States." The platform also called for those economic measures that were attractive to northern and western constituents,...

...Congress, or of any other power in the Union, so long as the present Constitution was maintained, could give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States. The fundamental principle of the party was thus the non-extension of slavery. Taking its stand on this...

...that of freedom, . . . 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." The Republican platform, in short, revealed the party's determination to win. That determination prevented...

...violate it ; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial legislature, or of any imdividnals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States : " Resolved, that, while providing revenue for the support of the general government by duties upon...

...Federal Constitution. The eighth denied "the authority of Congress, or a Territorial Legislature—to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States." The twelfth argued for an increase in the tariff "to encourage the development of the industrial interests...