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On the recordMarch 5, 1862
I earnestly beg the attention of Congress and the people to the subject.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Message to Congress Recommending Compensated Emancipation

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He has gone in again at Savannah, and I propose three cheers for his coming out gloriously.

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