LINCOLN'S LOST SPEECH TEXT REFERENCE TRUMBULL SENATE BILL

"...Then, at the other end of the line, at the 

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Lincoln s Lost Speech 

very time Sumner was being murdered, 
Lawrence was being destroyed for the 
crime of Freedom. It was the most prom- 
inent stronghold of Hberty in Kansas, 
and must give way to the all-dominating 
power of slavery. Only two days ago, 
Judge Trumbull found it necessary to 
propose a bill in the Senate to prevent a 
general civil war and to restore peace in 
Kansas." Trumbull presented S. 342 June 9, according to an archival record. It may be that the bill referred to in the speech is a predecessor version.