On the recordAugust 24, 1855
How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes be in favour of degrading classes of white people?
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
In a letter to his friend Joshua Speed, Lincoln questions the logic of those who oppose slavery but support the nativist policies of the Know-Nothing party, which degraded white immigrants.
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