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 M. Hiatt - United States - 1868 - 438 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. 7. That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carries slavery into any or all the Territories... | |
| Mountague Bernard - Great Britain - 1870 - 536 pages
...becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provi>-ion of the Constitution against all attempts to violate...territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give leyal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.'' 3 1 " Majority Report" rejected... | |
| United States - Alabama claims - 1871 - 518 pages
...maintain "that the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom," and to "deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial...to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 1 ' 1 The word " Territory " is here used in the above-mentioned sense of an incipient political organization,... | |
| United States - History - 1872 - 220 pages
..." that the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom," and to " deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...to slavery in any Territory of the United States." 1 The word "Territory " is here used in the above-mentioned sense of an incipient political organization,... | |
| 1872 - 210 pages
..." that the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom," and to u deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...to slavery in any Territory of the United States.' 71 The word u Territory 7? is here used in the above-mentioned sense of an incipient political organization,... | |
| Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 pages
...force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States ; " the eighth denied the "authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States ; " the ninth called the African slave-trade a " burning shame ; " the tenth denounced the governors... | |
| William Garrett - Alabama - 1872 - 850 pages
...necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempt to violate it; and we defy the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 7. That the new dogma, that the Constitution of its own force carries slavery into any or all the Territories... | |
| United States - Alabama claims - 1872 - 514 pages
..." that the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom," and to " deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in uny Territory of the United States." 1 The word " Territory " is here used in the above-mentioned sense... | |
| United States - History - 1872 - 220 pages
..." that the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom," and to " 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." 1 The word "Territory " is here used in the above-mentioned... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - Biography - 1873 - 794 pages
...necessary, to paaintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it ; ^nd we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to givĀ§ legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States." Such were the declarations... | |
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