On the recordAugust 24, 1855
If, like Haman, they should hang upon the gallows of their own building, I shall not be among the mourners for their fate.
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In a letter to Joshua Speed, Lincoln expressed a lack of sympathy for those who might suffer consequences for their unjust actions regarding slavery in Kansas.
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