I. He would not answer at Ottawa.
II. At Freeport he said he would be very sorry to be put in a position to decide that question.
III. He has not answered my question directly, for
a. His answer depended upon whether slavery had been kept out during the state’s whole territorial existence, etc.
IV. He has not said, and will not say, whether, if elected to Congress, he will vote to admit any territory now in existence with such a Constitution as her people may provide.
V. He will not say whether he will redeem our pledge with Texas.
D. Douglas takes a clear and just stand on these questions, for
I. He plainly states that he will let the people of any territory come into the Union slave or free as they decide.
E. Douglas has stood by the principles he advocated, for
I. He opposed the Lecompton Constitution because it did not represent the will of the people, for