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Not only all those who supported the Union ticket, so called, but a great majority of the opposing party also may be fairly claimed to entertain and to be actuated by the same purpose.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Not only all those who supported the Union ticket, so called, but a great majority of the opposing party also may be…”
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Lincoln observes that both supporters and opponents of the Union share a common goal of preserving the Union.
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