We are in favor, furthermore, of such an amendment to the constitution, to be made by the people in conformity with its provisions, as shall terminate and forever prohibit the existence of slavery within the limits or the jurisdiction of the United States.
Sherman advocates for a constitutional amendment to permanently abolish slavery in the United States.
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You have all contributed, more or less, in perverting the public mind as to our principles and purposes.
Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
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