You refuse us that equality without which we should be degraded if we remained in the Union.

You elect a candidate upon the basis of sectional hostility; one who, in his speeches, now thrown broadcast over the country, made a distinct declaration of war upon our institutions....

I prefer direct to indirect hostile measures which will produce the same result.

I prefer it, as I prefer an open to a secret foe.

Is there a senator upon the other side who to-day will agree that we shall have equal enjoyment of the territories of the United States?

Is there one who will deny that we have equally paid in their purchases, and equally bled in their acquisition in war?

He discussed the fallacies of secession, showing that it had no grounds, or even excuse, and declaring that disunion must lead to civil war.

Still my faith in the Constitution and in the Union abides.

Whatever sacrifices, private or public, shall be needful for the Union, they will be made.

I feel sure that the hour has not come for this great nation to fall.

Union is not more the body than liberty is the soul of the nation.

He wanted the Union glorified, its blessings exploited, the necessity of its existence made manifest, and the love of country substituted for the prejudice of faction and the pride of party.

But while constrained to hold even Union less Than Liberty, and Truth, and Righteousness, I thank thee, in the sweet and holy name Of Peace, for wise, calm words, that put to shame Passion and party.

Courage may be shown Not in defiance of the wrong alone; He may be bravest, who, unweaponed, bears The olive branch, and strong in justice spares The rash wrong-doer, giving widest scope To Christian charity, and generous hope.

I spoke then so singly for freedom that short-sighted men inferred that I was disloyal to the Union.

With the attempt to maintain Union by civil war, wantonly brought on, there would be danger of reaction against the Administration charged with the preservation of both freedom and Union.

Now, therefore, I speak singly for Union, striving, if possible, to save it peaceably; if not possible, then to cast the responsibility upon the party of slavery.

He brought the first Republican party into power against and over a party ready to resist and dismember the government.

We are not, we must not be, aliens or enemies, but fellow countrymen and brethren.

Although passion has strained our bonds of affection too hardly, they must not, I am sure they will not, be broken.

The mystic chords which, proceeding from so many battlefields and so many patriot graves, pass through all the hearts and all the hearths in this broad continent of ours, will yet again harmonise in their ancient music when breathed upon…

Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

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