If you withdraw the slavery question from the halls of Congress and the political arena, and commit it to the arbitrament of those who are immediately interested in and alone responsible for its consequences, there is nothing left out of which sectional parties can be organized.
Stevenson advocates for removing the slavery issue from Congress to prevent the formation of sectional parties.
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