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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,... "
Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... - Page 548
by United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) - 1862 - 914 pages
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Speeches on Political Questions [1850-1871]

George Washington Julian - Civil rights - 1872 - 508 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, while the present Constitution shall be maintained." Slavery is thus declared to be legally and constitutionally...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as ..., Volume 2

Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...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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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 5

Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1872 - 524 pages
...explicitly 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." Such is the triumphant response by the aroused millions of the North to the assumption of Slave-Masters,...
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Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama: For Thirty Years, with an Appendix

William Garrett - Alabama - 1872 - 810 pages
...violate it ; and we defy 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 Flag,...
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The Struggle of '72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign

Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...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 re-opening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national...
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Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama: For Thirty Years, with an Appendix

William Garrett - Alabama - 1872 - 824 pages
...violate it ; and we defy 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 Flag,...
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The Struggle of '72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political ...

Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 pages
...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 re-opening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national...
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TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION

1872 - 210 pages
...freedom," and to u 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.' 71 The word u Territory 7? is here used in the above-mentioned sense of an incipient political organization,...
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The Case of the United States, to be Laid Before the Tribunal of Arbitration ...

United States - History - 1872 - 220 pages
...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 sense of an incipient political...
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The Presidents and Their Administrations: A Handbook of Political Parties ...

Lewis O. Thompson - Caribbean Research Council - 1873 - 336 pages
...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 re-opening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national...
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