Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - He mema a Stevens ki te Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Reipa i te tau 1856
, i tautoko ai ia i a Justice McLean, pērā i a ia i te tau 1832. Heoi, i tohua e te huihuinga a John C. Frémont, i tino tautokohia e Stevens i roto i te whakataetae ki tana hoa Lancastrian, te kaitono Democratic a James Buchanan. Heoi anō, i āwhina a Pennsylvania ki te pōti i a Buchanan. I hoki a Stevens ki te mahi ture, engari i te tau 1858, kaore i te manakohia te Perehitini me tana roopu me te iwi i wehea e nga tautohetohe penei i te whakatau a Dred Scott, i kite a Stevens i te whai waahi ki te hoki ki te Kaunihera. I te mea ko ia te kaitono a te Pirihimana, he ngāwari te pōtitanga. I whakamataku nga pepa Manapori. Ko te upoko o tētahi panui, "Niggerism Triumphant".