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A large body of people, sufficient to make a nation, have come to the conclusion that they will have a government of a certain form. who denies them the right? standing with the principles of '76 behind us, who can deny them the right? ... i maintain on the principles of '76 that abraham lincoln has no right to a soldier in fort sumter. ... you can never make such a war popular. ... the north never will endorse such a war.
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A Large Body Of People, Sufficient To

Wendell Phillips
A large body of people, sufficient to make a nation, have come to the conclusion that they will have a government of a certain form. who denies them the right? standing with the principles of '76 behind us, who can deny them the right? ... i maintain on the principles of '76 that abraham lincoln has no right to a soldier in fort sumter. ... you can never make such a war popular. ... the north never will endorse such a war.
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