I want to know whether he stands to-day pledged to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia; I desire to know whether he stands pledged to prohibit slavery in all the Territories of the United States north as well as south of the Missouri Compromise line.
Stevenson demands clarity on a politician's stance regarding slavery in the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, highlighting the contentious political climate of his time.
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His genius and faith gave succeeding generations the opportunity for life and liberty.
Unless curbed it will sap the foundation of civilized society.
My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.
From the establishment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question,--the one constant menace to national unity, until its final extinction amid the flames of war.