And this may especially be expected if the doctrine of "care not whether slavery be voted down or voted up" shall gain upon the public mind sufficiently to give promise that such a decision can be maintained when made.
Lincoln warns that a public indifference to slavery's expansion could pave the way for a Supreme Court decision making it legal everywhere.
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