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...propositions. The real issue in this controversy — the one pressing upon every mind — is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon the institution...circle, from which all their propositions radiate. They look upon it as being a moral, social, and political wrong; and while they contemplate it as such,...

...on, "The real issue in this controversy — the one pressing upon every mind — is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon the institution...sentiment that contemplates the institution of slavery as a wrong is the sentiment of the Republican party."7 In the 1860 presidential election campaign,...

...("The real issue in this controversy ... is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon slavery as a wrong, and of another class that does not look upon it as a wrong" [1:807]). Nor would Lincoln's broaching of the matter have come as a daring bolt out of the blue. Douglas...

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...issue in this controversy," Lincoln said, "—the one pressing upon every mind— is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon the institution...country as a wrong is the sentiment of the Republican Party."62 Lincoln's framing of the argument came from his long association with the Whigs, for it was...

...territories. "The real issue in this controversy — the one pressing upon every mind — is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon the institution...and of another class that does not look upon it as a wrong."31 Lincoln and the Republican party viewed slavery as a wrong and insisted that it "be treated...

...— the one pressing upon every mind," Lincoln insisted, "is the sentiment on the part of one « o class that looks upon the institution of slavery as...another class that does not look upon it as a wrong."' ' Lincoln proclaimed his commitment to racial discrimination not because it mattered to him but because...

...issues. ...The real issue in this controversy— the one pressing on every mind— is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon the institution of slavery as wrong, and of another class that does not look upon it as wrong. The sentiment that contemplates the...

...itself. "The real issue in this controversy — the one pressing upon every mind — is the sentiment on the part of one class that looks upon the institution...another class that does not look upon it as a wrong." Understanding that is what enables everyone to understand why the issue of slavery has divided the...