It did not openly oppose slavery in the Southern states prior to the American Civil War, stating that it opposed the spread of slavery into the Western territories or into the Northern states, but the party was widely seen as sympathetic to the abolitionist cause
Sinatsutse moonetsera ukapolo mmadera a chigawo chakummwera nkhondo yapachiweniweni mu America isanayambe, kunena kuti inkatsutsana ndi kufala kwa ukapolo kumadera aku madzulo kapena madera akumpoto, koma chipanichi chinkaoneka kuti chikuyikira kumbuyo ntchito yothetsayi