Charles Sumner: “But it is by this election that you will especially vindicate the Prohibition of Slavery in the Territories, even in the…”

“But it is by this election that you will especially vindicate the Prohibition of Slavery in the Territories, even in the face of the Dred Scott decision, and fling your indignant answer at once at the Proslavery non-committalism of Bell, the Proslavery dogma of Breckinridge, and the Proslavery dodge of Douglas.”