On the recordFebruary 27, 1860
A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!
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In his Cooper Union Address, Lincoln used an analogy of a highwayman to illustrate the moral inversion of blaming the North for Southern secession.
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