This Week in History August 31, 1848 Lincoln speaks on behalf of General Taylor at a meeting in Washington, DC. September 2, 1854 Lincoln advocates the repeal of the Nebraska Act at a meeting in Jacksonville, Illinois. September 6, 1846 Lincoln writes to the editor of the Quincy Whig, enclosing some poetry. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union." --Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859

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