Debates of Lincoln and Douglas: Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen a DouglasCarefully recorded by reporters in 1858, the debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln resulted in a win by Douglas in his campaign for U.S. Senate. In contrast to Douglas's Popular Sovereignty stance, Lincoln stated that the country could not survive as half-slave and half-free states. The Lincoln-Douglas debates drew the attention of the entire nation and set the stage for Lincoln's successful 1860 race for the United States Presidency. |
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... democratic news- paper thinks Douglas's superior talent will be needed to resist the revival of the Afri- can slave trade . Does Douglas believe an effort to revive that trade is approaching ? He has not said so . Does he really think ...
... democratic news- paper thinks Douglas's superior talent will be needed to resist the revival of the Afri- can slave trade . Does Douglas believe an effort to revive that trade is approaching ? He has not said so . Does he really think ...
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... with a portion of the Democracy to carry out and vindicate the right of the people to de- cide whether slavery should or should not exist within the limits of Kansas, I was rejoiced within my secret soul, for I saw an indication 6.
... with a portion of the Democracy to carry out and vindicate the right of the people to de- cide whether slavery should or should not exist within the limits of Kansas, I was rejoiced within my secret soul, for I saw an indication 6.
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... Democrats, in which it was declared to be the wish of our people that thereafter the people of the Territories should be left perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, and that 7.
... Democrats, in which it was declared to be the wish of our people that thereafter the people of the Territories should be left perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, and that 7.
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... Democratic. whether it be Republican, American, or I respect the decisions of that august tribunal ; I shall always bow in deference to them. I am a law-abiding man. I will sustain the Constitution of my country as our fathers have made ...
... Democratic. whether it be Republican, American, or I respect the decisions of that august tribunal ; I shall always bow in deference to them. I am a law-abiding man. I will sustain the Constitution of my country as our fathers have made ...
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... . My friends, you see that the issues are distinctly drawn. I stand by the same platform that I have so often proclaimed to you and to the people of Illinois heretofore. I stand by the Democratic organization, yield obedience to its 12.
... . My friends, you see that the issues are distinctly drawn. I stand by the same platform that I have so often proclaimed to you and to the people of Illinois heretofore. I stand by the Democratic organization, yield obedience to its 12.
Contents
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Speech of Mr Douglasat Chicago July 9 185816 | 66 |
Second Joint Debate at Freeport August 27 1858 | 83 |
Seventh and Last Joint Debate at Alton Oct 15 1858 | 93 |
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