The majority of Republicans, however, were not Abolitionists.They had no interest in ending slave labor in the South.They simply did not want slavery to spread to other areas.

• 然而，该党的绝大多数党员却不是反奴隶制主义者，他们对结束南方的奴隶劳动力并不感兴趣，他们只希望奴隶制别向别的地区漫延就是了。