On the recordAugust 24, 1855
All decent slaveholders talk that way, and I do not doubt their candour; but they never vote that way.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “All decent slaveholders talk that way, and I do not doubt their candour; but they never vote that way.”
Editor's note · Context
Writing to his friend Joshua Speed, Lincoln observes the hypocrisy of slaveholders who privately express anti-slavery sentiments but vote to uphold the institution.
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