On the recordOctober 16, 1854
But whether it be or not, we shall have repudiated--discarded from the councils of the nation--the spirit of compromise; for who, after this, will ever trust in a national compromise?
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In his Peoria speech, Lincoln warns that repealing the Missouri Compromise would destroy the nation's capacity for future political compromise.
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