Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
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Constitutional Unionist John Bell
Republican Abraham Lincoln and southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge -Novanet
Stephan A. Douglas , Democrat, was probably the most flexible on the slavery question. He proposed popular sovereignty -- letting the people of a state or territory decide by an election whether of not to allow slavery in their state.
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
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The Southern Democrats Supported Slavery & They Elected John Breckenridge As Their Democratic Presidential Candidate.
The antislavery political party that ran John C. Fremont in the 1856 presidential election was the Republican Party. This was their first presidential candidate, as they had formed in opposition to the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Fremont's campaign platform focused on limiting the expansion of slavery and promoting free labor.
THe Southern Democrats were pro-slavery; the Northern Democrats were for popular soveignty in territories and allowing it where it existed. The Constitutional Union Party was against slavery in new territories, but keeping it where it already existed. The Republicans were anti-slavery, but were not abolutionists and did not favor ending slavery slavery in the states that already had it.
Constitutional Unionist John Bell
Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan endorsed popular sovereignty giving the power to determine the legality of slavery to the inhabitants of the territory seeking statehood, rather than to Congress. The Republican Party opposed the extension of slavery into the territories.
He approved an anti-slavery platform, calling for Congressional sovereignty in the territories, an end to polygamy in Mormon settlements, and federal assistance for a transcontinental railroad.
Republican Abraham Lincoln and southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge -Novanet
Neither candidate took a stand on slavery in the territories
The Free-Soil Party opposed the expansion of slavery into the Western territories. The Free-Soil Party did not have a candidate in the 1860 election. The new Republican Party was founded replacing the Free-Soil Party. In the 1860 election the Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln with a platform that promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories.