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o the prejudice of foreigners, they declared that slavery was the cause of the troubles of the country, and of the rebellion which they were engaged in suppressing. In his inaugural address in March, 1861, President Lincoln said: I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. The leader (Sumner) of the Abolition party in Congress, on February 25, 1861, said in the Senate, I take this occasion to declare most explicitly that I do not think that Congress has any right to interfere with slavery in a State. The principle thus announced had regulated all the legislation of Congress from the beginning of its first session in 1789 down to the first session of the Thirtyseventh Congress, commencing July 4, 1861. A few months after the inaugural address above cited and the announcement of the fact above quoted were made, Congress commenc