If public sentiment has not been debauched already to this point, a new turn of the screw in that direction is all that is wanting; and this is constantly being done by the teachers of this insidious popular sovereignty.
Lincoln warns that public sentiment is being corrupted by the insidious doctrine of popular sovereignty, pushing the nation towards further moral decline regarding slavery.
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