On the recordMay 19, 1856
The necessary result was to establish the rule of violence--force, instead of the rule of law and reason; to perpetuate and spread slavery, and, in time, to make it general.
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Lincoln describes the inevitable outcome of political decisions that undermine law and reason, leading to the dominance of violence and the expansion of slavery.
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