...the present Constitution shall be maintained." It claims " that the Constitulion confers on Conpress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and llmi, in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the...

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...Chicago platform, which denies " 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;" meaning, of course, any of the present territory, in which no existing local law authorizes it. How,...

...attempts to violate it ; and we deny the authority of Congress, or a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United Statet," This is a plain avowal that slavery is not national according to the Constitution, and that...

...Territorial Legislature, of any individual or association of individuals, to give legal assistance to slavery in any Territory of the United States,...sovereign power over the Territories of the United States lor their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and duty of Congress...

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...prohibiting its existence or extension therein. That we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any individual, or association of...while the present Constitution shall be maintained. That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States...

...therein ; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, of any individual or any association of individuals, to give legal existence...while the present Constitution shall be maintained. " 3. Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of...

...therein; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, of any individual or any association of individuals, to give legal existence...while the present Constitution shall be maintained. u 3. Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of...

...slavery in any territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. 3. " Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon congress...the United States for their government, and that in die exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of congress to prohibit in the territories...