...right to interfere with slavery in the states, denied at the same time " the authority of Con" gress, of a territorial legislature, or of " any individuals,...slavery in any territory of the United " States." Mr. Se ward, the great champion of Kansas' freedom in the Senate, seemed the natural candidate of this...

...convention denied the right of Congress, a territorial Legislature, or any individual, or association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States, and declared that it was the right and duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories, these twin...

...convention denied the right of Congress, a territorial Legislature, or any individual, or association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States, and declared that it was the right and duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories, these twin...

...freedom, and that neither Congress, nor a Territorial legislature, nor any individuals, have authority to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States ; and that the reopening of the African Slave-trade, then recently commenced in the Southern States,...

...dangerous political heresy; that the normal condition of all the territory is that of freedom. It denied the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature,...to slavery in any Territory of the United States. It branded the recent reopening of the African slave-trade, under the cover of the national flag, aided...

...that of FREEDOM," and they denied " the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States." Still another party, heretofore mainly known as American, now adopted the designation of " Constitutional...

...slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," it becomes...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...

...slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," it becomes...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...

...ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,1' it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such...to Slavery in any Territory of the United States. 9. That we brand the recent re-openfng of the African slave-trade, under the cover of our national...

...that of FREEDOM," and they denied " the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States." Still another party, heretofore mainly known as American, now adopted the designation of " Constitutional...