
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 3rd Debate Part I
MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I appear before you today in pursuance of a previous notice, and have made arrangements with Mr. Lincoln to divide time, and discuss with

MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I appear before you today in pursuance of a previous notice, and have made arrangements with Mr. Lincoln to divide time, and discuss with

My dear Sir: Herewith is a little sketch, as you requested. There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me. If

Dear Speed: You know what a poor correspondent I am. Ever since I received your very agreeable letter of the 22nd. of May I have been intending to write

Hon. Geo. Robertson Lexington, Ky. My Dear Sir: The volume you left for me has been received. I am really grateful for the honor of your kind remembrance, as well

Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. They
Hon. S. P. Chase My dear Sir Yours of the 13th. Inst. is received. You say you would be glad to have my views. Although I think Congress has Constitutional

Hon: S.P. Chase: Dear Sir Please pardon the liberty I take in addressing you, as I now do. It appears by the papers that the late Republican State Convention of
Friend Durley: When I saw you at home, it was agreed that I should write to you and your brother Madison. Until I then saw you, I was not aware

Hon. J. N. Brown My dear Sir I do not perceive how I can express myself, more plainly, than I have done in the foregoing extracts. In four of them

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference,