 That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories...  The Life and Times of Samuel Bowles - Page 151by George Spring Merriam - 1885Full view - About this book
 | R. Guy M'Clellan - United States - 1875 - 716 pages
...United States for their Government; and that, in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism—Polygamy and Slavery." In the campaign of 1856, a third party, known as the American party,... | |
 | Alexander Harris - Slavery - 1876 - 522 pages
...States for their government ; and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories, those...twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery." It was clear to all discerning men, in view of the composition of the Republican party, that its objects... | |
 | Elias Nason, Thomas Russell - 1876 - 476 pages
...Territories of the United States ; and that, in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery.' Believing with Franklin, that ' slavery is an atrocious debasement of human nature ; ' with Adams,... | |
 | M. A. Clancy - History - 1876 - 182 pages
...United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of congress to prohibit in the territories those...twin relics of barbarism, — polygamy and slavery. 3. That, while the constitution of the United States was ordained and established by the people " in... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1876 - 894 pages
...of the United States for their government, and in the exercise of this power it is the right and the duty of congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery." John C. Fremont of California was nominated for president, and William L. Dayton of New Jersey for... | |
 | Eugene Virgil Smalley - Campaign literature - 1880 - 368 pages
...United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those...twin relics of barbarism — polygamy and slavery. Resolved, That while the Constitution of the United States was ordained and established by the people... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - Campaign literature - 1880 - 244 pages
...United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and shivery. 8. That, while the Constitution of the United States was ordained and established by the people... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - Political parties - 1882 - 586 pages
...territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit...twin relics of barbarism — polygamy and slavery. liesolral, That while the constitution of the United States was ordained and established, in order... | |
 | Francis Marion Green - Presidents - 1882 - 460 pages
...United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery." Arrayed against that was the equally radical idea embodied by the Democratic party in their national... | |
 | Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford - 1884 - 564 pages
...territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit...twin relics of barbarism — polygamy and slavery. Resolved, That while the constitution of the United States was ordained and established, in order to... | |
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