 | Almanacs, American - 1868 - 740 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. Ket>olved, That the Constitution confers upon Congress... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1868 - 890 pages
...that of FREEDOM," and they denied " the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States." Still another party, heretofore mainly known as American, now adopted the designation of " Constitutional... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1868 - 740 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 State«, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. Rtfulced, That the Constitution confers... | |
 | Mountague Bernard - Great Britain - 1870 - 536 pages
...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...to slavery in any territory of the United States." 3 1 " Majority Keport " rejected by the Convention, Resolutions 1, 2, and 3. 3 Resolutions 7 and 8.... | |
 | Literature - 1887 - 984 pages
..."deny the authority of Congress, or of a territorial legislature, of any individual or association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States;1' it further " Resolved, that the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1871 - 678 pages
...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...to slavery in any Territory of the United States. 9. That we brand the recent re-opening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national... | |
 | United States - Alabama claims - 1871 - 518 pages
...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...to slavery in any Territory of the United States."' The word " Territory " is here used in the above-mentioned sense of an incipient political organization,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1872 - 528 pages
...territory of the United States," and has explicitly denied " the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal...triumphant response by the aroused millions of the North to the assumption of Slave-Masters, that the Constitution, of its own force, carries Slavery into the... | |
 | William Garrett - Alabama - 1872 - 810 pages
...Constitution against all attempt to violate it ; and we defy the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal...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,... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...Territories of the United States ; " the eighth 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 ; " the ninth called the African slave-trade a " burning shame ; " the tenth denounced the governors... | |
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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,... 
