On the recordOctober 15, 1858
They insist that it, as far as may be, be treated as a wrong; and one of the methods of treating it as a wrong is to make provision that it shall grow no larger.
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In the final debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln explained that treating slavery as a wrong meant preventing its expansion into new territories.
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