the writings-4

The Writings of Abraham Lincolnby Abraham LincolnVOLUME IVTHE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES IILINCOLN AND DOUGLAS FOURTH JOINT DEBATE,AT CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:It will be very difficult for an audience solarge as this to hear distinctly what a speaker says, andconsequently it is important that as profound silence be preserved aspossible.While I was at the hotel to-day, an elderly gentleman called upon meto know whether I was really in favor of producing a perfect equalitybetween the negroes and white people. While I had not proposed tomyself on this occasion to say much on that subject, yet as the...

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