The repeal of the sacred Missouri Compromise has installed the weapons of violence: the bludgeon, the incendiary torch, the death-dealing rifle, the bristling cannon--the weapons of kingcraft, of the inquisition, of ignorance, of barbarism, of oppression.
Lincoln condemns the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, arguing it unleashed violence and oppressive forces reminiscent of tyranny.
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