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June 25, 1891 Speech Against the Louisiana Lottery (1891)

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Palmer denounces the Louisiana Lottery as immoral and destructive, arguing gambling undermines labor, impoverishes many, and threatens the state’s moral and social survival.
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Benjamin Morgan Palmer was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian who led First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans for nearly half a century and served as the first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States when it formed in 1861. Recognized as one of the most powerful and eloquent preachers of his generation, Palmer’s pulpit ministry drew wide attention throughout the South.

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