1. Abraham Lincoln - Slavery and Race
... protesters: "They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than to abate it evils. They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power, under the constitution, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different states." (Gienapp ... of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites – causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity, and especially because it forces so many really good men amongst ourselves into an open ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate