An admitted sympathizer with the Jeffersonian political philosophy, Spooner adamantly refused the request and soon became an outspoken abolitionist critic of the party.

• 对斯波纳而言，他认为共和党只是假装阻止奴隶制的扩散，但却不愿真的采取强硬和坚定的道德姿态对抗奴隶制度本身。