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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
+Resolve and Petitions
-                                                    relative to Slavery
+relative to Slavery
-                                                  Postpones till 1837.
+Postponed till 1937.
-                                                State of Maine
+State of Maine
-                                                [decorative separator line]
+Resolves respecting the
-                                                Resolves respecting the
+abolition of Slavery
-                                                abolition of Slavery
+and the slave trade in
-                                                and the slave trade in
+the District of Columbia
-                                                the District of Columbia
-                                                 [decorative separator line]
 Resolved     That neither Congress nor the
                      Legislatures of the non slave holding
                      states have any right to inter-
-                     =fere with slavery within the
+                     fere with slavery within the
-                     slave holding states.
+                    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