On the recordMarch 4, 1861
A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
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From his first inaugural address as the secession crisis deepened, Lincoln used an analogy to explain why states cannot physically separate from the Union.
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