[FirstFlaBn]

...and we deny the authority of congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.

This is from the 1860 Republican platform. It referred primarily to the Fugitive Slave Act - a legally enacted law upheld by the courts. Now lecture me about the importance of abiding by the Constitution.

[tpaine]

I see an exercise in free speech. [1st amendment]

Whats your constitutional objection to that platform?