On the recordOctober 15, 1858
More than that; take all the argument made in favour of the system you have proposed, and it carefully excludes the idea that there is anything wrong in the institution of slavery.
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In his debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln argued that Douglas's proposed system of popular sovereignty deliberately avoided acknowledging the inherent wrongness of slavery.
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