Now, I ask you in all soberness, if all these things, if indulged in, if ratified, if confirmed and indorsed, if taught to our children and repeated to them, do not tend to rub out the sentiment of liberty in the country, and to transform this government into a government of some other form?
Lincoln warns that certain actions and teachings could erode the nation's commitment to liberty and fundamentally alter its form of government.
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