The real issue in this controversy--the one dressing upon every mind--is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon the institution of slavery as a wrong, and of another class that does not look upon it as a wrong.
In his final debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln identified the fundamental disagreement over slavery as the core issue dividing the nation.
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