27/28 'I desire him to answer whether he stands pledged to the prohibition of the slave trade between the different States ?' _A_. I do not stand pledged to the prohibition of the slave trade between the different States. 'I desire to know whether he stands pledged to prohibit slavery in all the Territories of the United States, north as well as south of the Missouri Compromise line ?' _A_. I am impliedly if not expressly pledged to a belief in the right and duty of Congress to prohibit slavery in all the United States Territories. 'I desire him to answer whether he is opposed to the acquisition of any new territory unless slavery is first prohibited therein ?' _A_. |