Plainly, you stand ready saddled, bridled, and harnessed, and waiting to be driven over to the slavery-extension camp of the nation,--just ready to be driven over, tied together in a lot,--to be driven over, every man with a rope around his neck, that halter being held by Judge Douglas.
During a debate, Lincoln uses a powerful metaphor to illustrate the perceived consequences of Republicans endorsing Douglas's position on slavery.
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