sentences:  In 1848, he gave an impassioned speech to the House of Representatives against the proposed emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia.Gott described the actions of abolitionists of the northern states as "impertinent interference with the slaves" and "impertinently intruding themselves into the domestic and delicate concerns of the South, understanding neither the malady to be corrected nor the remedy to be applied".He moved to Syracuse, New York, in 1853 and resumed the practice of his profession.