. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . bered Ion-after the good and evil actions of the Van-dalia Assembly have faded away from theminds of men. It was the authentic recordof the beginning of a ureal and momentouscareer. The following protest was presented to theHouse, which was read and ordered to bespread on the journals, to wit: Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slaveryhaving passed both branches of the General Assemblyat its present session, the undersigned hereby proteslagainst the passage of the -aim-. They believe that the institution of slavery isfounded<hi both
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . bered Ion-after the good and evil actions of the Van-dalia Assembly have faded away from theminds of men. It was the authentic recordof the beginning of a ureal and momentouscareer. The following protest was presented to theHouse, which was read and ordered to bespread on the journals, to wit: Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slaveryhaving passed both branches of the General Assemblyat its present session, the undersigned hereby proteslagainst the passage of the -aim-. They believe that the institution of slavery isfounded<hi both injustice and bad policy, but thatthe promulgation of abolition doctrines tends ratherto increase than abate its evils. They believe that the Congress of the UnitedState- has ii power under the Constitution to inter-fere with the institution of slavery in the differentStales. Thev believe that the Congress of the UnitedStates has the power, under the Constitution, to abol-ish slavery in the District of <olumbia, but that the -74 ABRAHAM LIXCOLX. JUDGE STEPHEN T. LOGAN. (FROM THE PORTRAIT IN POSSESSION OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. L. H. COLEMAN. ) power ought not to be exercised, unless at the requestof the people of the District. The difference between these opinions and thosecontained in the above resolutions is their reason forentering this protest. (Signed) Dan Stone, A. Lincoln, Representatives from the county of Sangamon. It may seem strange to those who shallread these pages that a protest so mild andcautious as this should ever have been con-sidered either necessary or remarkable. Wehave gone so far away from the habits ofthought and feeling prevalent at that timethat it is difficult to appreciate such acts attheir true value. But if we look a little care-fully into the state of politics and public opin-ion in Illinois in the first half of this century,we shall see how much of inflexible conscienceand reason there was in this simple protest. The whole of the North-west Terr
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