On the recordMarch 17, 1865
Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
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In an address to an Indiana regiment, Lincoln expresses his personal, strong, and ironic reaction to arguments in favor of slavery.
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