In a new development in this years hotly contested primary for the nomination of the Republican Party, Edward Wolfson, a campaign manager for candidate William Seward, Republican Senator of New York, charges that rival Abraham Lincoln plagarized key lines in a recently delivered speech.
Wolfson remarked that a key passage in Lincoln's speech to the Illinois legislature closely resmbled a passage from a speech given some time ago by Jesus Christ, then running for lord and saviour of all humanity.
Here is what Christ said:
"Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand."
Here are the words of Lincoln:
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free".
"Mr. Lincoln is runnning on the strength of his rhetoric and the strength of his promises and, as we have seen in the last couple of days, he's been breaking his promises and his rhetoric isn't his own", Wolfson said.
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Lincoln, at a press-avail today had this to day on the subject: "I probably should have attributed it to Chirst, but look, we're friends, I've used lines of his, he's used lines of mine, Mr. Seward has used lines of mine. I think the American people deserve a better political dialog than the one we're having."
Whether or not this startling new revelation will have any effect on the campaign is yet to be seen, but this isn't the kind of talk the Lincoln campaign wants to face as the contest moves forward.