On the recordFebruary 27, 1860
Could Washington himself speak, would he cast the blame of that sectionalism upon us, who sustain his policy, or upon you, who repudiate it?
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Could Washington himself speak, would he cast the blame of that sectionalism upon us, who sustain his policy, or upon…”
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Lincoln used a hypothetical scenario to argue that George Washington would side with the Republicans in blaming the South for the nation's sectional divisions.
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