You will grant a hearing to pirates or murderers, but nothing like it to "Black Republicans." In all your contentions with one another, each of you deems an unconditional condemnation of "Black Republicanism" as the first thing to be attended to.
In his address to the Southern people at Cooper Union, Lincoln points out the extreme prejudice and refusal to engage with Republicans, even while tolerating criminals.
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