On the recordSeptember 15, 1858
All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory.”
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In a debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln asserted that the expansion of slavery was the root cause of national agitation.
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