...transported, or is being transported, from one state to another for sale, or if it be sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia and the territories of the United States, shall be liable to be proceeded against in any district court of the United States, within the district...

...to the Union ; Also, a memorial of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States. By Mr. Giddings : Two memorials of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that a participation...

[ Lo sentimos, el contenido de esta página está restringido. ]

...other citizens of Minot and Auburn, praying that the Legislature would petition Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States, and remonstrate against the annexation of Texas to the United States, have had the same under consideration...

...of Philadelphia county, in the State of Pennsylvania, which, he stated, prayed for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the Territories of the United States. Objection was made to receiving this memorial, And on the question, Shall this memorial be received?...

...memorial of Elizabeth Rich. and others. women of Bucks county, Pennsylvania; praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the Territories of the United States, anil the slave trade between the States. Ordered, That they lie on the tahle. On motion that the memorial...

...committed with it. — Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat. 264. Congress may lay duties, imposts, and excises, on o their use. 19. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent any may levy a direct tax upon them in proportion to the census, but is not obliged to extend such tax...

[ Lo sentimos, el contenido de esta página está restringido. ]

...any other portion of the Union, have not an undoubted right to petition congress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States? Can there be any doubt on this subject? Have not congress the undoubted right to legislate for the...

...Columbia and the Territories of the United State.*, and ngainst the removal of slave* from onr Slatr to another, are a part of a plan of operations set...to affect the institution of slavery in the several Stales, and thus indirectly to destroy that institution within their limits. Resulted, That Congress...