...property, without due process of law,' it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution...give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of tha United States." Mr. HUNTER: — Thus much, Mr. President, in regard to the ttatus ; and it is to...

...States." It affirmed that the "normal condition" of the territories was "that of freedom," and it denied "the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature,...give legal existence to slavery in any territory. . . ." The commitment to oppose the spread of slavery was still there, but it seemed to take more words...

...property without due process of law, it becomes our duty, by legislation whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution...attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority .. .to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States. 33 Prior to this campaign,...

...this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority .. .to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States. 33 Prior to this campaign, in his debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln had stated...

...person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, it becomes our duty to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it for the purpose of establishing Slavery in the Territories of the United States by positive legislation,...

...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" under the Constitution. The longest section of the platform recited the violations of the rights of...

...in 1856: "The normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; . . . we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial...to slavery in any territory of the United States." Clearly, the lines were drawn — Republicans were the party of antislavery forces, Democrats the proslavery...

...militant abolitionism. 74. (D) The Republican party platform adopted in Chicago on May 16, 1860, denied "the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature,...to Slavery in any Territory of the United States." While demanding the limitation of slavery, the platform did not specify how this was to be achieved....

...property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution...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...

...Republican Institutions"; declares the normal condition of the Territories to be freesoil, and denies the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature...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...