Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Endorsement on the Margin of the Missouri Democrat1Jump to section

[May 17, 1860]

I agree with Seward in his ``Irrepressible Conflict,'' but I do not endorse his ``Higher Law'' doctrine. Make no contracts that will bind me.

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[1] Herndon, III, 462. According to Herndon, ``The day before the nomination the editor [Edward L. Baker] of the Springfield Journal arrived in Chicago with a copy of the Missouri Democrat, in which Lincoln had marked three passages referring to Seward's position on the slavery question. On the margin of the paper he had written in pencil . . . '' the communication as above.

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