...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...