 ... 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 554by United States Department of State - 1965Full view - About this book
 | Michael Kent Curtis - Law - 1986 - 292 pages
...authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislation, 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.151 The 1860 Republican platform had a similar provision,... | |
 | William E. Gienapp Professor of History Harvard University - History - 1987 - 602 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" under the Constitution. The longest section of the platform recited the violations of the rights of... | |
 | David W. Brady - Political Science - 1988 - 236 pages
...freedom; . . . 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." Clearly, the lines were drawn — Republicans were the party of antislavery forces, Democrats the proslavery... | |
 | C. Peter Ripley - History - 1993 - 336 pages
...violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of Territorial Legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States. An adherence to these resolutions gives the President power over the institution of slavery in the... | |
 | Jon L. Wakelyn - History - 1996 - 456 pages
...freesoil, and 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.1 The Republicans, in the use of general phrases, always include the slave. When they speak... | |
 | Kathy Sammis - History - 1997 - 132 pages
...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. Democratic Party (Breckenridge Faction): Resolved . . . That the Government of a Territory organized... | |
 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - History - 1998 - 952 pages
...platform that denied "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." cupies the same position that the old Whig party occupied in 1852. They asserted then, in their platform,... | |
 | Kenneth Hilton - Education - 1999 - 138 pages
...platform: ... 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. (continued) Document-Based Assessment *=r DBQ 9: What Caused Secession? (continued) From the (Southern)... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 212 pages
...authority of Congress, or 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.17 With only minor differences, the identical language... | |
 | James L. Abrahamson - History - 2000 - 228 pages
...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,... | |
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