He voted to expand suffrage beyond white landowners to all white males, but adopted a "free soil" stance opposing both slavery and abolition.
hiː vˈoʊɾᵻd tʊ ɛkspˈænd sˈʌfɹɪdʒ bᵻjˌɔnd wˈaɪt lˈændoʊnɚz tʊ ˈɔːl wˈaɪt mˈeɪlz, bˌʌt ɐdˈɑːptᵻd ˈeɪ "fɹˈiː sˈɔɪl" stˈæns əpˈoʊzɪŋ bˈoʊθ slˈeɪvɚɹi ænd ˌæbəlˈɪʃən.