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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... whole question of slavery to one of a mere right of property ; and as such , how can he oppose the foreign slave trade -- how can he refuse that trade in that property shall be perfectly free unless he does it as a protection to the ...
... whole question of slavery to one of a mere right of property ; and as such , how can he oppose the foreign slave trade -- how can he refuse that trade in that property shall be perfectly free unless he does it as a protection to the ...
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... whole. I have said that at all times. I have said as illustrations, that I do, not believe in the right of Illinois to interfere with the cranberry laws of Indiana, the, oyster laws of Virginia, or the liquor laws of Maine. I have said ...
... whole. I have said that at all times. I have said as illustrations, that I do, not believe in the right of Illinois to interfere with the cranberry laws of Indiana, the, oyster laws of Virginia, or the liquor laws of Maine. I have said ...
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... whole earth. We run our memory back over the pages of history for about eighty-two years, and we discover that we were then a very small people in point of numbers, vastly inferior to what we are now, with a vastly less extent of ...
... whole earth. We run our memory back over the pages of history for about eighty-two years, and we discover that we were then a very small people in point of numbers, vastly inferior to what we are now, with a vastly less extent of ...
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... whole question. If the people of Kansas accept the proposition submitted by Congress, from that moment Kansas will become a State of the Union? and there is no way of keeping her out if you should try. The act of admission would become ...
... whole question. If the people of Kansas accept the proposition submitted by Congress, from that moment Kansas will become a State of the Union? and there is no way of keeping her out if you should try. The act of admission would become ...
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... whole life has been identified with the Democratic party. I have devoted all of my energies to advocating its princi- ples and sustaining its organization. In this State the party was never better united or more harmonious than at this ...
... whole life has been identified with the Democratic party. I have devoted all of my energies to advocating its princi- ples and sustaining its organization. In this State the party was never better united or more harmonious than at this ...
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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