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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... bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory may exclude slavery . " " Not we , " said the friends of the measure ; and down they voted the amendment . 11 11 While the Nebraska bill was passing through Congress , a ...
... bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory may exclude slavery . " " Not we , " said the friends of the measure ; and down they voted the amendment . 11 11 While the Nebraska bill was passing through Congress , a ...
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... bill , the people of a State as well as Territory , were to be left perfectly free , ” “ subject only to the Constitution . " Why mention a State ? They were legislating for Territories , and not for or about states . Certainly the ...
... bill , the people of a State as well as Territory , were to be left perfectly free , ” “ subject only to the Constitution . " Why mention a State ? They were legislating for Territories , and not for or about states . Certainly the ...
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... bill the Republicans and Americans of the North, and I may say, too, some glorious Americans and old line Whigs from the South, like Crittenden and his patriotic associates, joined with a portion of the Democracy to carry out and ...
... bill the Republicans and Americans of the North, and I may say, too, some glorious Americans and old line Whigs from the South, like Crittenden and his patriotic associates, joined with a portion of the Democracy to carry out and ...
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... bill was as fair and as perfect an exposition of the doc- trine of popular sovereignty as could be carried out by any bill that man ever devised. It proposed to refer the Lecompton Constitution back to the people of Kansas, and give ...
... bill was as fair and as perfect an exposition of the doc- trine of popular sovereignty as could be carried out by any bill that man ever devised. It proposed to refer the Lecompton Constitution back to the people of Kansas, and give ...
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... bill, and perhaps I did, as much as any living man in the enactment of that bill, thus establishing the doctrine in the public policy of the country. I then defended that principle against assaults from one section of the Union. During ...
... bill, and perhaps I did, as much as any living man in the enactment of that bill, thus establishing the doctrine in the public policy of the country. I then defended that principle against assaults from one section of the Union. During ...
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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