6-25-1846: "But he also says that he wants to remain in his party and be an anti-slavery man at the same time. He can’t do it–he cannot do it, sir. He says he is a democrat….”

Rep. John P. Hale, “Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Sandbornton says he is an anti-slavery man. I don’t doubt it. But he also says that he wants to remain in his party and be an anti-slavery man at the same time. He can’t do it–he cannot do it, sir. He says he is a democrat….”, June 25, 1846