On the recordJuly 10, 1858
Somebody has to reverse that decision, since it is made; and we mean to reverse it, and we mean to do it peaceably.
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Speaking in Chicago, Lincoln asserts the right and intention to peacefully overturn the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision.
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