 ... 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,...  A History of Presidential Elections - 205 psl.autoriai: Edward Stanwood - 1884 - 407 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Horace Greeley - 1864 - 696 psl.
...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. " 9. That we brand the recent reopening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national... | |
 | Michael Kent Curtis - 1986 - 292 psl.
...existence or extension therein. That we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislation, of any individual, or association of individuals,...United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained.151 The 1860 Republican platform had a similar provision, as did the Liberty platform of... | |
 | William E. Gienapp Professor of History Harvard University - 1987 - 602 psl.
...all persons under its exclusive jurisdiction." The section concluded with the sweeping statement: "We deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...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 - 1988 - 236 psl.
...is that of 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 - 1993 - 336 psl.
...attempts to 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 - 1996 - 456 psl.
...Territories to be 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 - 1997 - 132 psl.
...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. Democratic Party (Breckenridge Faction): Resolved . . . That the Government of a Territory organized... | |
 | Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 522 psl.
...endowed with the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Resolved: That we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...give legal existence to slavery in any Territory. Resolved: That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories, and that... | |
 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - 1998 - 952 psl.
...1860 on a 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,... | |
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