...concurring herein, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested,to require, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory by the United States, that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of...

...this question. "First, then, let us see what is the character of the Wilmot Proviso. Here it is :— " 'Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition...States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor...

...from Pennsylvania, moved the following amendment, since known as the " Wilmot Proviso," viz. : — "•Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition...States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor...

...Wilinot, a representative from Pennsylvania, offered the following as an amendment to the bill : " Provided that, as an express and fundamental condition...States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor...

...Proviso, in addition to the first section of the bill : " Provided, That as an express and fundament al condition to the acquisition of any territory from...States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor...

...addition to the first section of the bill : " Provided, That as an express and fundament« al condition ta the acquisition of any territory from the Republic...States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor...

..."Wilmot, a representative from Pennsylvania, offered the following as an amendment to the bill : " Provided that, as an express and fundamental condition...acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico bj the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use...

...Northern Democrats, offered the following Proviso, in addition to the first section of the bill : " Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition...acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico hy the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, nnd to the we by...

...Proviso, in addition to the first section of the bill : " Provided, That as an express and fundament al condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United State», by virtue of any treaty which may bo negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive...

...Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, proposed to amend the first section of the bill as reported, by adding : " ' Provided, That, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any Territory from the Kepublic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them,...