...of a slave. Suppose there were carved on its pedestal the words : <( Do the Southern people really entertain fears that a Republican administration would...indirectly interfere with the slaves, or with them about their slaves? " The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington."...

...peril the country is in, and the weight of responsibility on me. Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would,...not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington. I suppose,...

...position in the most positive and unmistakable language, and asked, " Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would...directly or indirectly interfere with the slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no...

...peril the country is in, and the weight of responsibility on me. Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would,...not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington. I suppose,...

...peril the country is in, and the weight of responsibility on me. Da the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would,...not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington. I suppose,...

...peril the country is in, and the weight of responsibility on me. Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would...directly, or indirectly, interfere with the slaves, or bother them about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you as once a friend, and still, I hope,...

...peril the country is in, and the weight of responsibility on me. Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would...not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington. I suppose,...

...courteously transmitted, Lincoln inquired in a private letter,* " Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would,...them about the slaves? If they do, I wish to assure yon, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. ......

...Lincoln inquired in a private letter,* " Do the people of the South really entertain fears that n, Republican administration would, directly or indirectly,...them about the slaves? If they do, I wish to assure yon, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. ......

...22d of December, 1860, after South Carolina had seceded, he says : " Do the Southern people really entertain fears that a Republican administration would...indirectly interfere with the slaves or with them about their slaves ? . . . The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of...