Abraham Lincoln, Excerpt from "House Divided," June 16, 1858
William Seward, Excerpt from “On the Irrepressible Conflict,” October 25, 1858
Mississippi Declaration of the Causes of Secession, January 9, 1861
Alexander H. Stephens, Excerpt from "Cornerstone" Speech, March 21, 1861
Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865