And now let any Union man who complains of the measure, test himself by writing down in one line that he is for subduing the rebellion by force of arms; and in the next, that he is for taking these hundred and thirty thousand men from the Union side, and placing them where they would be but for the measure he condemns. If he can not face his case so stated, it is only because he can not face the truth.


"If Slavery Is Not Wrong, Nothing Is Wrong" (1864)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

And now let any Union man who complains of the measure, test himself by writing down in one line that he is for subduing the rebellion by force of...

And now let any Union man who complains of the measure, test himself by writing down in one line that he is for subduing the rebellion by force of...

And now let any Union man who complains of the measure, test himself by writing down in one line that he is for subduing the rebellion by force of...

And now let any Union man who complains of the measure, test himself by writing down in one line that he is for subduing the rebellion by force of...