Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te kaupapa tōrangapū a Aperama Lincoln me te Rōpū Reipa i te tau 1860 ko te whakamutu i te whakawhānui o te pononga. E ai ki te kaituhi kōrero o mua, a James McPherson, i roto i tana pukapuka rongonui "House Divided
" i tana kōrero i te tau 1858, ka mea a Lincoln ka taea te whakawātea i te mana ā-iwi o Amerika mā te aukati i te whakawhānui atu o te pononga hei taahiraa tuatahi ki te whakatakoto i te huarahi ki te 'whakamate mutunga'. I whakapono nga tangata tonga ki a Lincoln. I tana wikitoria i te perehitini, ka wehe atu ratou i te Uniana ki te mawhiti i te 'whakamate whakamutunga' o te pononga. "