On the recordSeptember 15, 1858
All I have asked or desired anywhere is that it should be placed back again upon the basis that the fathers of our government originally placed it upon.
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In a debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln articulated his desire to restore the nation's original policy on slavery as established by the founding fathers.
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