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Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 / A Souvenir of the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, at the Waldorf, February 12, 1897 cover

Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 / A Souvenir of the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, at the Waldorf, February 12, 1897

Chapter 3: FOOTNOTES:
By Abraham Lincoln
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The speech is an impassioned political address opposing the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the extension of slavery into free territory, urging anti-slavery forces to unite and act decisively while setting aside personal resentments. It condemns legislative usurpation and party coercion that override popular will, warns that continued acquiescence will lead to bloodshed and the erosion of civil liberty, and advocates calm, practical measures focused on securing freedom for contested territory rather than pursuing temporary or extreme tactics.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Statutes of Kansas, 1855, Chapter 151, Sec. 12. If any free person, by speaking or by writing, assert or maintain that persons have not the right to hold slaves in this Territory, or shall introduce into this Territory, print, publish, write, circulate ... any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular containing any denial of the right of persons to hold slaves in this Territory, such person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than two years.

Sec. 13. No person who is conscientiously opposed to holding slaves, or who does not admit the right to hold slaves in this Territory, shall sit as a juror on the trial of any prosecution for any violation of any Sections of this Act.

[2] It is singular that Mr. Lincoln, usually so accurate, should have been entirely mistaken in his statistics at this point.—H. C. W.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.

Archaic or alternate spelling has been retained from the original.