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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... Judge Douglas puts his own upon the top of that, yet he is appealing to, the peo- ple to give him vast credit for his devotion to popular sovereignty. Again, when we get to, the question of the right of the people to form a State ...
... Judge Douglas puts his own upon the top of that, yet he is appealing to, the peo- ple to give him vast credit for his devotion to popular sovereignty. Again, when we get to, the question of the right of the people to form a State ...
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... Douglas . 99 Mr. Lincoln - Why , yes , Douglas did it ! " To be sure he did ; Let us , however , put that proposition another way . The Republicans have done it without Judge Douglas . Could he have done it without them ? could have ...
... Douglas . 99 Mr. Lincoln - Why , yes , Douglas did it ! " To be sure he did ; Let us , however , put that proposition another way . The Republicans have done it without Judge Douglas . Could he have done it without them ? could have ...
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... Judge Douglas thinks he discovers great po- litical heresy. I want your attention particularly to what he has inferred from it. He says I am in favor of making all the States of this Union uniform in all their internal regulations; that ...
... Judge Douglas thinks he discovers great po- litical heresy. I want your attention particularly to what he has inferred from it. He says I am in favor of making all the States of this Union uniform in all their internal regulations; that ...
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Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen a Douglas Digital Scanning Inc. said that always ; Judge Douglas has heard me say it -if not quite a hundred times, at least as good as a hundred times ; and when it is said ...
Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen a Douglas Digital Scanning Inc. said that always ; Judge Douglas has heard me say it -if not quite a hundred times, at least as good as a hundred times ; and when it is said ...
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... Judge Douglas has used, “ resistance to the decision ?” I do not resist it. If I wanted to take Dred Scott from his master, I would be interfering with property, and that terrible difficulty that Judge Douglas speaks of, of interfering ...
... Judge Douglas has used, “ resistance to the decision ?” I do not resist it. If I wanted to take Dred Scott from his master, I would be interfering with property, and that terrible difficulty that Judge Douglas speaks of, of interfering ...
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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