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| − | + | Resolve and Petitions | |
| − | + | relative to Slavery | |
| − | + | Postponed till 1937. | |
| − | + | 1837 | |
| − | + | State of Maine | |
| − | + | Resolves respecting the | |
| − | + | abolition of Slavery | |
| − | + | and the slave trade in | |
| − | + | the District of Columbia | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | Resolved That neither Congress nor the | |
| + | Legislatures of the non slave holding | ||
| + | states have any right to inter- | ||
| + | fere with slavery within the | ||
| + | slave holding states. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Resolved That the right to petition | ||
| + | Congress to abolish slavery | ||
| + | and the slave trade, in the | ||
| + | District of Columbia is guaranteed | ||
| + | by the Constitution of the United | ||
| + | States. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Resolved That Congress has the right to | ||
| + | abolish slavery and the slave | ||
| + | trade in the District of Colum- | ||
| + | bia, but inasmuch as our | ||
| + | Senators and Representatives can | ||
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Resolve and Petitions relative to Slavery Postponed till 1937.
1837
State of Maine Resolves respecting the abolition of Slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia
Resolved That neither Congress nor the
Legislatures of the non slave holding
states have any right to inter-
fere with slavery within the
slave holding states.
Resolved That the right to petition
Congress to abolish slavery
and the slave trade, in the
District of Columbia is guaranteed
by the Constitution of the United
States.
Resolved That Congress has the right to
abolish slavery and the slave
trade in the District of Colum-
bia, but inasmuch as our
Senators and Representatives can