Editing Schuyler Colfax (section)

===Opposition to slavery===
Colfax was identified with the [[Radical Republican]]s in Congress and was an energetic opponent of [[slavery]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Klein |first=Christopher |date=2019 |title=When the Irish Invaded Canada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1YpgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT161 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Anchor Books |page=161 |isbn=978-0-3855-4261-6 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> His June 21, 1856, "Kansas Code" speech<ref>{{cite news| title=THE KANSAS CODE; Character of Chief Justice Lecompte| date=July 12, 1856| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1856/07/12/77053422.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1856/07/12/77053422.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live| work=The New York Times| access-date=April 5, 2019| via=The Times's print archive}}</ref> attacking laws passed by the [[Kansas Legislature#Pre-statehood|proslavery Legislature]] in Kansas became the most widely requested Republican campaign document.<ref name=ColfaxUSSen/> Then, as the [[1860 United States presidential election|1860 presidential election]] approached, Colfax traveled frequently, delivered many speeches, and helped bind the various Republican and antislavery factions together into a unified party that could win the presidency.<ref name=ColfaxUSSen/>