On the recordAugust 24, 1855
It was conceived in violence, is maintained in violence, and is being executed in violence.
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In a letter to his friend Joshua Speed, Lincoln uses strong rhetoric to describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act as inherently violent in its origin, perpetuation, and implementation.
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