Republican (nationalist) former Representative Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, speaking to crowd in Dayton (federal enclave of) Ohio, argues AGAINST abolishing slavery: “I say that we must not interfere with the institution of slavery … because the constitution forbids it, and the general welfare does not require us to do so.”
[added 3/4/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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Authority:
Article I of Amendment
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
“Speech at Dayton, Ohio, How to win the Fight,” Abraham Lincoln, Collected Works, edited by Roy P. Basler, seven volumes, (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), 3:460.
The Real Lincoln—LewRockwell.com.htm
www.lewrockwell.com/2013/06/thomas-dilorenzo/the-real-lincoln-2/
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