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 |
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... thing for the safety of the nation . " The question gave no little perplexity to Douglas . He finally , however , replied that in his judgment the people of a United States territory had the right to exclude slavery . When asked again ...
... thing for the safety of the nation . " The question gave no little perplexity to Douglas . He finally , however , replied that in his judgment the people of a United States territory had the right to exclude slavery . When asked again ...
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... thing upon a people who are unwilling to receive it . The great principle is the right of every community to judge and decide for itself whether a thing is right or wrong , whether it would be good or evil for them to adopt it ; and the ...
... thing upon a people who are unwilling to receive it . The great principle is the right of every community to judge and decide for itself whether a thing is right or wrong , whether it would be good or evil for them to adopt it ; and the ...
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... thing , or all the other . " In other words , Mr. Lincoln asserts , as a funda- mental principle of this government , that there must be uniformity in the local laws and domestic institutions of each and all the States of the Union ...
... thing , or all the other . " In other words , Mr. Lincoln asserts , as a funda- mental principle of this government , that there must be uniformity in the local laws and domestic institutions of each and all the States of the Union ...
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... thing , I protest that I neither know any- thing of it , nor do I believe it . I will , however , say , as I think this branch of the argument is lugged in , I would before I leave it state , for the benefit of those concerned , that ...
... thing , I protest that I neither know any- thing of it , nor do I believe it . I will , however , say , as I think this branch of the argument is lugged in , I would before I leave it state , for the benefit of those concerned , that ...
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... things , said to him : " Why , you don't want to beat Douglas ? " " Yes , " said he , " I do want to beat him , and I ... thing , - " squatter sovereignty . " It was not exactly popular sovereignty , but squatter sovereignty . What do ...
... things , said to him : " Why , you don't want to beat Douglas ? " " Yes , " said he , " I do want to beat him , and I ... thing , - " squatter sovereignty . " It was not exactly popular sovereignty , but squatter sovereignty . What do ...
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