On the recordAugust 24, 1855
It is maintained in violence, because the elections since clearly demand its repeal, and the demand is openly disregarded.
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Writing to Joshua Speed, Lincoln argued that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was being maintained against the clear will of the people expressed in elections.
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