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SPEECHES AND DEBATES
1856-1858
COMPRISING POLITICAL SPEECHES, LEGAL ARGUMENTS AND NOTES, AND THE FIRST THREE JOINT DEBATES WITH DOUGLAS, AND THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH
By
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
NEW YORK
THE CURRENT LITERATURE PUBLISHING Co.
1907
Copyright, 1892, by Henry C. Whitney
Copyright, 1907, by William H. Lambert
CONTENTS
E 457.91 1907 v.4
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Lincoln as a Lawyer. By David Davis
SPEECHES (August 1, 1856, to July 17, 1858):
"Who Are the Disunionists-You or We?"
Fragment of Speech at Galena, Ill., in the
Frémont Campaign, in Reply to Objectors to
Agitation Against the Extension of Slavery.
About August 1, 1856
Sectionalism and Slavery. Fragment of Speech
in Frémont Campaign. October 1, 1856
The Foundation of American Democracy:
Equality Not of States but of Men. Fragment
of Speech at a Republican Banquet in Chicago.
December 10, 1856
Self-Government in the Territories; the Dred
Scott Decision; and the Meaning of Equality in
the Declaration of Independence. Speech in
Reply to Senator Douglas at Springfield, Ill.
June 26, 1857
Argument in the Rock Island Bridge Case.
Extracts from a Report in the Daily Press of
Chicago, September 24, 1857
Adjudication Rather Than Legislation the
Proper Method for Settlement of Certain Legal
Controversies. Notes of Argument in a Rail-
road Case. June 15, 1858
"A House Divided Against Itself Cannot
Stand." Speech in Acceptance of Nomination
as United States Senator, Made at the Close of
the Republican State Convention, Springfield,
Ill. June 16, 1858
The Law of Equal Freedom. Speech at Chi-
cago, Ill. July 10, 1858
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The Conspiracy to Nationalize Slavery. Speech
at Springfield, Ill. July 17, 1858
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V
THE JOINT DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS. TOGETHER
WITH CORRESPONDENCE IN REGARD TO The Debate,
AND INTERVENING SPEECHES (July 24 to October
15, 1858):
Introduction. By Horace White
Correspondence in Regard to the Debate. July
24 to July 31, 1858
"The Conspiracy Charge." Fragment of Speech
in Rejoinder to the Reply of Senator Douglas
to Mr. Lincoln's Springfield Speeches of June
16 and July 17, 1858. Delivered at Beardstown,
Ill. August 12, 1858
"Back to the Declaration." Speech at Lewiston,
Ill. August 17, 1858
First Joint Debate, at Ottawa, Ill. August 21,
1858
Second Joint Debate, at Freeport, Ill. August
27, 1858.
Fooling the People." Report of Speech at
Clinton, Ill. September 8, 1858
"Popular Sovereignty" the Right to Flog
Negroes. Fragment of Speech at Paris, Ill.
September 8, 1858
The Issue Between the Parties, and Justice the
Bulwark of American Democracy. Fragments
of Speech at Edwardsville, Ill. September 13,
Third Joint Debate, at Jonesboro, Ill.
tember 15, 1858
Fourth Joint Debate, at Charleston, Ill.
tember 18, 1858
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