...pose, and finally, under wholly unjustifi- able pretexts, involved the two countries in war, by invad- ing the territory of the State of Texas, striki... ...at, I will not stop now to give my opin- ion concerning to involve the two countries in a war, and trusting to escape scrutiny by fixing the public ga... ...it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumera- tion of the federal powers’; and he adds: ‘I suppose an amendment to the Constitution, ... ...ff whatever our Democratic friends may sup- pose there is of black-cockade federalism about me, and therefore they shall take me up as their candidate... ...as all he desired to say. 99 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON... ...his sprang from that unfortunate source of discord—negro slavery. When our Federal Constitu- tion was adopted, we owned no territory beyond the lim- i... ... is fact-naked fact. Another lullaby argument is that taking slaves to new countries does not increase their number, does not make any one slave who w... ...them, too, have been coming from Africa. If this be so, the opening of new countries to the institution increases 162 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln... ...and sold into bondage. But however this may be, we know the opening of new countries to slavery tends to the perpetuation of the insti- tution, and so...

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