...affirmations, and most happy in its phraseology. Not only did it "deny the authority of Congress, or of a territorial legislature, of any individual or...existence to slavery in any territory of the United States;1' it further " Resolved, that the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the...

...attempts to 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." s 1 " Majority Report " rejected by the Convention, Resolutions 1, 2, and 3. Chap. II. There were thus...

...Constitution against all attempts to violate it for the purpose oi establishing slavery in the United StHten by positive legislation prohibiting its existence...individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Terriiory of the United States while the present ConstiUition shall be maintained. 2. That the Constitution...

...Constitution against all attempts to violate it for the purpose of establishing slavery in the United Slutes by positive legislation prohibiting its existence...Legislature, of any individual or association of individuals, fo give legal existence to slavery in any Terriiory of the United States while the present Constitution...

...is that of 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."' The word " Territory " is here used in the above-mentioned sense of an incipient political organization,...

...expressly applied to the question of slavery in our Territories. The platform also explicitly denies " the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature,...Territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained." Slavery is thus declared to be legally and constitutionally impossible...

...United States ; " 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...

...attempts to 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...

...States," and has 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,...

...attempts to 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 reopening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national...