On the recordAugust 15, 1855
Under the impulse of that occasion, nearly half the States adopted systems of emancipation at once; and it is a significant fact that not a single State has done the like since.
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Lincoln highlighted the historical contrast between the early states' embrace of emancipation and the subsequent lack of similar action, illustrating a shift in national will.
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