a. They provided that the slave trade should cease after twenty years.
b. The Constitution does not contain the words “slavery” or “negro race,” for
1. Its framers thought slavery a temporary thing.
2. Fugitive slaves are not mentioned.
3. The representation clause avoids using these words.
III. Refutation: The statement that the framers of the Constitution introduced slavery is not true, for
a. They found it but marked it with their disapproval.
IV. Lincoln wishes to return to the policy of the framers of the Constitution, for
a. Refutation: The charge that the Constitution has stirred up this agitation over slavery is false, for
1. The agitation has been stirred up by Judge Douglas and his friends.