Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 Copy 1
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I am not a Know-nothing ; that is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes be in favour of degrading classes of white people ? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that all me?i are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except negroes. When the Know-nothings get control, it will read, all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and Catholics. When it comes t...o this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and with- out the base alloy of hypocrisy. . . . My kindest regards to Mrs. Speed. On the leading subject of this letter I have more of her sympathy than I have of yours ; and yet let me say I am your friend for ever. A. Lincoln. 40 Speeches and Letters of Mr. Lincoln's Speech. May 19, 1856 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I was over at [cries of " Platform !
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