David Wilmot — American Activist born on January 20, 1814, died on March 16, 1868

David Wilmot was a US politician; he was elected to the US Congress, serving 1845-1851, and to the US Senate, serving 1861-1863 to fill the remainder of a term. Wilmot was a Democrat, a Free Soiler, and a Republican. He was a sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso, intended to ban slavery in western lands gained from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848... (wikipedia)

Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.
The unproductive tillage of human cattle takes that which of right belongs to free labor, and which is necessary for the support and happiness of our own race.
Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.