1. Declaration of Independence and the names of the signers -- 2. Constitution of the United States and the amendments -- 3. The fugitive slave law of 1850 -- 4. Democratic platform adopted at Baltimore, June 1852 -- 5. Whig platform adopted at Baltimore, June 1852 -- 6. Independent Democratic platform adopted at Pittsburgh, Aug. 1852 -- 7. Speech of Honorable Charles Sumner on his motion to repeal the fugitive slave bill