| Horace Mann - 1848 - 76 páginas
...that there are precedents. The honorable gentleman from Virginia (Mr. BAYLY) has not only contested the power of Congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the territories, but he has denied ths existence of precedents to sustain this power. Sir, it would have been an assertion... | |
| Connecticut - 1849 - 212 páginas
...General Assembly certain resolves of the Legislatures of Virginia, South Carolina, and Missouri, in which the power of Congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the territories of the United States and in the District of Columbia, is explicitly and positively denied : And whereas,... | |
| Ohio. General Assembly - 1850 - 1112 páginas
...General Assembly certain resolves of the Legislatures of Virginia, South Carolina, and Missouri, in which the power of Congress to legislate on the subject of Slavery in the territories of the United States and in the District of Columbia, is explicitly and positively denied : And whereas,... | |
| 1850 - 762 páginas
...act, down to President Polk, who signed the same provision in the Oregon bill. And this principle, the power of Congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the territories, or between me. United States and other countries, has been assumed in every act of the Federal Government,... | |
| Horace Mann - 1851 - 588 páginas
...1822, chapter 13, <§> 9, Congress legislated on the subject of slavery in the Territory of Florida. 2* Does it not seem almost incredible that a defender...constitution says, " No person held to service, or labor, in one slate, escaping into another," — that is, another state, — " shall be discharged from such... | |
| Horace Mann - 1851 - 626 páginas
...1822, chapter 13, $ 9, Congress legislated on the subject of slavery in the Territory of Florida. 2* Does it not seem almost incredible that a defender...constitution says, " No person held to service, or labor, in one slate, escaping into another," — that is, another state, — " shall be discharged from such... | |
| Horace Mann - 1851 - 592 páginas
...that there are precedents. The honorable gentlemen from Virginia [Mr. Bayly] has not only contested the power of Congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the territories, but he has denied the existence of precedents to sustain this power. Sir, it would have been an assertion... | |
| Horace Mann - 1851 - 588 páginas
...that there are precedents. The honorable gentlemen from Virginia [Mr. Bayly] has not only contested the power of Congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the territories, but he has denied the existence of precedents to sustain this power. Sir, it would have been an assertion... | |
| Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 páginas
...proviso and the Missouri compromise, furnished the matter for this protracted debate. The question of the power of congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the territories, was elaborately discussed in the senate, by Mr. Dix, of New York, and Mr. Calhonn ; the former most... | |
| William O. Blake - 1857 - 934 páginas
...the senate early in the session, and the question of slavery famished matter for a protracted debate. The power of congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the territories was discussed in the senate by Mr. DLs, of New York, who maintained the affirmative, and Mr. Calhoun... | |
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