Abraham Lincoln
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. III (Chap. 12)
Interrogatories:
“1st. Will you, if elected, vote for and cordially support a bill prohibiting slavery in the Territories of the United States?
“2d. Will you vote for and support a bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia?
“3d. Will you oppose the admission of any Slave States which may be formed out of Texas or the Territories?
“4th. Will you vote for and advocate the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law passed at the recent session of Congress?
“5th. Will you advocate and vote for the election of a Speaker of the House of Representatives who shall be willing to organize the committees of that House so as to give the Free States their just influence in the business of legislation?
“6th. What are your views, not only as to the constitutional right of Congress to prohibit the slave-trade between the States, but also as to the expediency of exercising that right immediately?”