 That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...  The Tribune Almanac - Page 301868Full view - About this book
 | Charles Pierce Roland - History - 2004 - 348 pages
...Congress, a territorial legislature, or any other power (presumably the President or the Supreme Court) "to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States." The platform also called for those economic measures that were attractive to northern and western constituents,... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Economics - 2004 - 472 pages
...Congress, or of any other power in the Union, so long as the present Constitution was maintained, could give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States. The fundamental principle of the party was thus the non-extension of slavery. Taking its stand on this... | |
 | John W. Burgess - History - 2005 - 353 pages
...ordained that ' no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law,' it becomes our duty by legislation, whenever such...Congress, of a Territorial legislature, or of any imdividnals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States : " Resolved,... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - History - 2005 - 860 pages
...states began to secede after the outcome was announced. of the United States is that of freedom, . . . and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial...to slavery in any territory of the United States." The Republican platform, in short, revealed the party's determination to win. That determination prevented... | |
 | John J. Chodes - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 346 pages
...law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain the provision of the Constitution against all attempts...authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or any individual, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States."1 This clause... | |
 | Norman Schofield - Political Science - 2006 - 3 pages
...Federal Constitution. The eighth denied "the authority of Congress, or a Territorial Legislature—to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States." The twelfth argued for an increase in the tariff "to encourage the development of the industrial interests... | |
 | Peter Wallenstein - History - 2007 - 508 pages
...ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such...to Slavery in any Territory of the United States. . . , conflicted. When eastern Virginia's leaders peered anxiously out at the wider world, they saw... | |
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