We think it is a wrong not confining itself merely to the persons or the States where it exists, but that it is a wrong which in its tendency, to say the least, affects the existence of the whole nation.
From notes for speeches in October 1858, Lincoln explains how slavery's wrongfulness extends beyond state lines to threaten the entire nation.
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