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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... Kansas ; and in that quar- rel the latter declares that all he wants is a fair vote for the people , and that he cares not whether slavery be voted down or voted up . I do not understand his declaration that he cares not whether slavery ...
... Kansas ; and in that quar- rel the latter declares that all he wants is a fair vote for the people , and that he cares not whether slavery be voted down or voted up . I do not understand his declaration that he cares not whether slavery ...
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... Kansas against their will, and to force that State into the Union with a Constitution which her people had rejected by more than 10,000 I felt bound as a man of honor and a representative of Illinois, bound by every con- sideration of ...
... Kansas against their will, and to force that State into the Union with a Constitution which her people had rejected by more than 10,000 I felt bound as a man of honor and a representative of Illinois, bound by every con- sideration of ...
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... Kansas, and give them the right to accept or reject it as they pleased, at a fair election, held in pursuance of law, and in the event of their rejecting it and forming another in its stead, to permit them to come into the Union on an ...
... Kansas, and give them the right to accept or reject it as they pleased, at a fair election, held in pursuance of law, and in the event of their rejecting it and forming another in its stead, to permit them to come into the Union on an ...
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... Kansas and Nebraska ? Was it not my duty, in obedience to the Illinois platform to your standing instructions to your Senators, adopted with almost entire unanimity, to incorporate in that bill the great principle of self-government ...
... Kansas and Nebraska ? Was it not my duty, in obedience to the Illinois platform to your standing instructions to your Senators, adopted with almost entire unanimity, to incorporate in that bill the great principle of self-government ...
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... Kansas-Nebraska bill, and vindicated this year by the refusal to bring Kansas into the Union with a Constitution distasteful to her people. The other proposition discussed by Mr. Lincoln in his speech consists in a crusade against the ...
... Kansas-Nebraska bill, and vindicated this year by the refusal to bring Kansas into the Union with a Constitution distasteful to her people. The other proposition discussed by Mr. Lincoln in his speech consists in a crusade against the ...
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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