The Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Senatorial Campaign of 1858 in Illinois, Together with Certain Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, Etc |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 72
Page xv
... they would do . Douglas had been trying the impossible task of carrying water on both shoulders . He gained the Senatorship by a narrow margin ; he secured in the vote in the Legislature a majority of Introduction XV.
... they would do . Douglas had been trying the impossible task of carrying water on both shoulders . He gained the Senatorship by a narrow margin ; he secured in the vote in the Legislature a majority of Introduction XV.
Page xvi
Abraham Lincoln George Haven Putnam. secured in the vote in the Legislature a majority of eight , but Lincoln had even in this fight won the support of the people . His majority on the popular vote was four thousand . The series of ...
Abraham Lincoln George Haven Putnam. secured in the vote in the Legislature a majority of eight , but Lincoln had even in this fight won the support of the people . His majority on the popular vote was four thousand . The series of ...
Page 6
... Legislature can exclude slavery from any United States Territory . This point is made i order that individual men may fill up the Terri tories with slaves , without danger of losing them a property , and thus to enhance the chances of ...
... Legislature can exclude slavery from any United States Territory . This point is made i order that individual men may fill up the Terri tories with slaves , without danger of losing them a property , and thus to enhance the chances of ...
Page 9
... Legislature to exclude slavery from any United States Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Con- sitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to Exclude it . Possibly , this is a mere omission ; but ho ...
... Legislature to exclude slavery from any United States Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Con- sitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to Exclude it . Possibly , this is a mere omission ; but ho ...
Page 18
... the Territories of th United States . A general election was held in th State a few months afterwards , for members of th Legislature , pending which all these questions were horoughly canvassed 18 Lincoln and Douglas Debates.
... the Territories of th United States . A general election was held in th State a few months afterwards , for members of th Legislature , pending which all these questions were horoughly canvassed 18 Lincoln and Douglas Debates.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abolition Abolitionism Abolitionists Abraham Lincoln admission adopted agitation amendment answer believe candidate charge Chicago citizen clause Compromise measures Congress Congressional Convention decide Declaration of Independence Democratic party deny doctrine domestic institutions Douglas's Dred Scott decision election equality exclude slavery fact favor forgery form a constitution Freeport friends Fugitive Slave law hold Illinois indorsed interrogatories Judge Douglas Judge Trumbull Kansas Lecompton Constitution legislation Legislature Lincoln Lovejoy measures of 1850 ment Missouri Compromise nation Nebraska Bill negro never North old Whig opinion opposed Ottawa passed platform pledged political popular sovereignty President principle prohibit proposition provision race repeat Republican party resolutions slavery question South speech Springfield stand stitution submitted suppose Supreme Court tell Territory thing tion to-day Toombs bill true Trumbull says Trumbull's ultimate extinction United States Senate vote Washington Union Whig party