Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stehen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois: Including the Preceedings Speeches of Each, at Chicago, Springfield, Etc; Also, the Two Great Speeches of Mr. Lincoln in Ohio, in 1859, as Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each Party, and Published at the Times of Their Delivery |
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... propositions which I shall notice , and upon which I shall take a direct and bold issue with him . His first and main proposition I will give in his own language , scripture quotations and all [ laughter ] ; I give his exact language ...
... propositions which I shall notice , and upon which I shall take a direct and bold issue with him . His first and main proposition I will give in his own language , scripture quotations and all [ laughter ] ; I give his exact language ...
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... proposition discussed by Mr. Lincoln in his speech consists in a crusade against the Supreme Court of the United States on account of the Dred Scott de- cision . On this question , also , I desire to say to you unequivocally , that I ...
... proposition discussed by Mr. Lincoln in his speech consists in a crusade against the Supreme Court of the United States on account of the Dred Scott de- cision . On this question , also , I desire to say to you unequivocally , that I ...
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... proposition was made when I was Judge of the Supreme Court . Be that as it may , I do not think that fact adds any greater weight or authority to the suggestion . It matters not with me who was on the bench , whether Mr. Lincoln or ...
... proposition was made when I was Judge of the Supreme Court . Be that as it may , I do not think that fact adds any greater weight or authority to the suggestion . It matters not with me who was on the bench , whether Mr. Lincoln or ...
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... propositions which I intend to discuss before the people of Illinois during the pending campaign . I have spoken without preparation and in a very desultory manner , and may have omitted some points which I desired to discuss , and may ...
... propositions which I intend to discuss before the people of Illinois during the pending campaign . I have spoken without preparation and in a very desultory manner , and may have omitted some points which I desired to discuss , and may ...
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... proposition another way . The Republicans could not have done it without Judge Douglas . Could he have done it without them ? Which could have come the nearest to doing it without the other ? A voice-- " Who killed the bill ...
... proposition another way . The Republicans could not have done it without Judge Douglas . Could he have done it without them ? Which could have come the nearest to doing it without the other ? A voice-- " Who killed the bill ...
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POLITICAL DEBATES BETWEEN HON Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln,Stephen Arnold 1813-1861 Douglas No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 32 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 228 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Page 2 - Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 17 - In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided.
Page 250 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 1 - We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 4 - ... we find it impossible not to believe that Stephen and Franklin, and Roger and James all understood one another from the beginning, and all worked upon a common plan or draft drawn up before the first blow was struck.
Page 136 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people ; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 225 - This they said and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 194 - I hold that notwithstanding all this there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.