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    dislikeofthepeopleofthenorthfortheinstitutionofslavery

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    fortune,hadbeeedpresidentbytherepublis

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    andfollohebrilliantleadershipofleeandja,

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    presidentlinlnissuedhis``enation

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    dayslater,presidentlinlnurderedbyalunatic.but

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    everypartofthecivilisedworld.

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    is,influenceuponthelegislature,

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