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, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States. The Works of William H. Seward - Page 680by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
| James William Massie - Slavery - 1864 - 534 pages
...legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Conslitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the...any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery on any territory of the United States." The import of this avowal was manifestly, that theFederal power... | |
| Charles Daniel Drake - Enslaved persons - 1864 - 446 pages
...judged by anything else,—this charge is true; for in the eighth resolution of that Platform they " deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...to Slavery in any Territory of the United States." This, in effect, excludes the South from the Territories, and so sustains this charge. But when they... | |
| Joshua Reed Giddings - United States - 1864 - 522 pages
...constitutional authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individual or association of individuals to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States, while the present Constitntion shall be maintained.''* There were also other resolutions relative to... | |
| Joshua Reed Giddings - United States - 1864 - 530 pages
...constitutional authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or 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."* There were also other resolutions relative to... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - United States - 1864 - 286 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... | |
| Joshua Reed Giddings - United States - 1864 - 516 pages
...constitutional al'iority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or 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."* There were also other resolutions relative to... | |
| James M. Hiatt - Political parties - 1864 - 256 pages
...violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, or -a Territorial Legislature, or of any individual, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 10. That in the recent vetoes by their Federal Governors of Che acts of the Legislatures of Kansas... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1865 - 704 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. , " Befolved, That the Constitution confers upon... | |
| Marvin T. Wheat - African Americans - 1865 - 628 pages
...our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of tin- Constitution against all attempts to 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... | |
| J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...Secession. " That the normal condition of all the Territory of the United States is that of freedom, &c. and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial...to Slavery in any Territory of the United States." " That the new dogma, that the Constitution of its own force carries Slavery in any or all the Territories... | |
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