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war powers to just ignore the courts' decisions,
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like I sometimes felt I had to do.
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Might those people I freed be ordered back into slavery?
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That's why I'd like to get
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the Thirteenth Amendment through the House,
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and on its way to ratification by the states,
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wrap the whole slavery thing up,
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forever and aye, as soon as I'm able.
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Now! End of this month! And I'd like you to stand behind me,
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like my cabinet's most always done.
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As the preacher said, I could write shorter sermons but
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once I start I get too lazy to stop.