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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... 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 duty, of fidelity, and of patriotism, to resist to the utmost ...
... 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 duty, of fidelity, and of patriotism, to resist to the utmost ...
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... Union on an equal footing with the original statics. It was fair and just in all of its provisions ! I gave it my cordial support, and was rejoiced when I found that it pissed the House of Representatives, and at one time, I entertained ...
... Union on an equal footing with the original statics. It was fair and just in all of its provisions ! I gave it my cordial support, and was rejoiced when I found that it pissed the House of Representatives, and at one time, I entertained ...
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... Union. During this last winter it became my duty to vindi- cate it against assaults from the other section of the Union. I vindicated it boldly and fearlessly, as the people of, Chicago can bear witness, when it was assailed by ...
... Union. During this last winter it became my duty to vindi- cate it against assaults from the other section of the Union. I vindicated it boldly and fearlessly, as the people of, Chicago can bear witness, when it was assailed by ...
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... Union to be dissolved . I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it to cease to be divided . It will become all one thing or all reason it was provided in the Federal Constitution that the. the other . " In other word , Mr ...
... Union to be dissolved . I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it to cease to be divided . It will become all one thing or all reason it was provided in the Federal Constitution that the. the other . " In other word , Mr ...
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... Union, or thereafter to be admitted into the Confederacy. I therefore conceive that my friend, Mr. Lincoln, has totally misapprehended the great principles upon which our government rests. Uniformity in local and domestic affairs would ...
... Union, or thereafter to be admitted into the Confederacy. I therefore conceive that my friend, Mr. Lincoln, has totally misapprehended the great principles upon which our government rests. Uniformity in local and domestic affairs would ...
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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