 | English literature - 1836 - 570 pages
...view of putting an end to all discussion upon it in Congress ^Resolved by a large majority,» Thnt Congress possesses no constitutional authority to...slavery in any of the States of this Confederacy, -ft was al"o resolved, as a means of allaying excitement, that all petition., memorials resolutions,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1835 - 1436 pages
...resolution, viz: so much thereof as is contained in these words : •• With instructions to report, that Congress possesses no constitutional authority...interfere, in any way, with the institution of slavery iii any of the States of this confederacy." And passed in the affirmative, \ ^eas 2°.l' ' У ISays... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1836 - 28 pages
...voting against that resolution before I gave the * The resolution referred to, is as follows : — " Resolved, That Congress possesses no constitutional...authority to interfere, in any way, with the institution sf slavery ¡a any oi the states of this confederacy. The vote stood — YEAS -482. NAYS— Messrs.... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1836 - 650 pages
...resolutions with which the report concludes." The first resolution is in the following words, viz: "Boohed, That Congress possesses no constitutional authority to interfere in any way with the institution of •Isvery in any of the States of this confederacy;" and the pamphlet to which I allude goes on to... | |
 | United States - 1836 - 494 pages
...the United States, without carrying away any slaves. If the Government of the United States had no authority to interfere, in any way, with the institution of slavery in the States, they would not have had the authority to require this stipulation. It is well known that... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 244 pages
...principle, that I voted against the resolution reported by the slavery committee, " that congress possess no constitutional authority to interfere, in any way,...slavery in any of the states of this confederacy," to which resolution most of those with whom I usually concur, and even my own colleagues in this House,... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
...the United States, without carrying away any slaves. If the government of the fe'mted States had no authority to interfere, in any way, with the institution of slavery in the states, they would not have had the authority to require this stipulation. It is well known that... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Weld - Enslaved persons - 1838 - 66 pages
...abolition memorials reported the following resolutions by their Chairman, Mr. Pinckney of South Carolina: " Resolved, That Congress possesses no constitutional...slavery in any of the states of this confederacy." 3. It has been conceded by the citizens of the District. A petition for the gradual abolition of slavery... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Slavery - 1843 - 598 pages
...the United States, without carrying away any slaves. If the government of the United States had no authority to interfere, in any way, with the institution of slavery in the states, they would not have had the authority to require this stipulation. It is well known that... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Antislavery movements - 1845 - 84 pages
...the United States, without carrying away any slaves. If the government of the United States had no authority to interfere, in any way, with the institution of slavery in the states, they would not have had the authority to require this stipulation. It is well known that... | |
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Resolved, That Congress possesses no constitutional authority to interfere in any way with the institution of slavery in any of the States of this Confederacy. 
