I do not now, nor ever did, stand pledged against the admission of any more slave-States into the Union.
_Q_.3.

'I want to know whether he stands pledged against the admission of a new State into the Union with such a constitution as the people of that State may see fit to make ?' _A_.

I do not stand pledged against the admission of a new State into the Union with such a constitution as the people of that State may see fit to make.
_Q_.4.

'I want to know whether he stands to-day pledged to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia ?' _A_.

I do not stand to-day pledged to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
_Q_.5.