HIST 2110 Lecture 3: Lincoln
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The country must decide slave or free. "every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house luke 11:17. If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. The topeka constitution prohibited slavery in the state - 1955. Lecompton constitution permitted slavery in the state 1857. Popular sovereignty to avoid taking a stand on slavery. Self government is the reason america was created. March 1862 officers told do not return slaves. Summer of 1862 plans who to free who to not free political concerns. Believed in the natural rights of all men.
