. The writings of Abraham Lincoln. a-D(St But m Ige Douglas m mon ,;rher merei al, r>ositiori on this a, he avows that the ^^^ for white men fact, the first Thdnias Harfe^Bfetr.^, 1the e: Alia not *tionthe ^would \iwish to ha^• beingt- ^?e.] Nuiand the i; while we ha tid be lid nois free countnilea to slaveryiiaent that we -^^^-that he has huthe negro poshe hred to keep ti. Abraham Lincoln 255 has. [Applause.] But slavery will endure no test ofreason or logic; and yet its advocates, like Douglas,use a sort of bastard logic, or noisy assumption itmight better be termed, like the abov
. The writings of Abraham Lincoln. a-D(St But m Ige Douglas m mon ,;rher merei al, r>ositiori on this a, he avows that the ^^^ for white men fact, the first Thdnias Harfe^Bfetr.^, 1the e: Alia not *tionthe ^would \iwish to ha^• beingt- ^?e.] Nuiand the i; while we ha tid be lid nois free countnilea to slaveryiiaent that we -^^^-that he has huthe negro poshe hred to keep ti. Abraham Lincoln 255 has. [Applause.] But slavery will endure no test ofreason or logic; and yet its advocates, like Douglas,use a sort of bastard logic, or noisy assumption itmight better be termed, like the above, in order toprepare the mind for the gradual, but none the lesscertain, encroachments of the Moloch of slaveryupon the fair domain of freedom. But howevermuch you may argue upon it, or smother it in softphrase, slavery can only be maintained by force—^byviolence. The repeal of the Missouri Compromisewas by violence. It was a violation of both law andthe sacred obligations of honor, to overthrow andtrample imder foot a solemn compromise, obtainedby the fearful loss to freedom of one of the fairest ofour Western domains. Congress violated the willand confidence of its constituents in voting for thebill; and while public sentiment, as shown by theelections of 1854, demanded the restoration of thiscompromise. Congress violated its trust by refusingsimply because it had the for
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