On the recordDecember 3, 1861
It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon the first principle of popular government,--the rights of the people.
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In his message to Congress, Lincoln asserts that the Civil War is fundamentally a war against the principles of popular government and the rights of the people.
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