I will say now that there is a sentiment in the country contrary to me--a sentiment which holds that slavery is not wrong, and therefore goes for the policy that does not propose dealing with it as a wrong.
From notes for speeches in October 1858, Lincoln identifies a prevailing sentiment that views slavery as not wrong and thus avoids addressing it as such.
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