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Charles Sumner: “On the other hand, a vote for Abraham Lincoln will be, first and foremost, a vote for Freedom, Union, and Peace, that…”

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On the other hand, a vote for Abraham Lincoln will be, first and foremost, a vote for Freedom, Union, and Peace, that political trinity under whose guardianship we place the Republic.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that voting for Lincoln represents a commitment to freedom, union, and peace.

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