Source: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Lincoln Series, vol. 1, ed. Edwin Earle Sparks (Springfield: Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1908). The First Debate—Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858Mr.
Source: The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. John Nicolay and John Hay (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University 1894), 132–154, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293023047990. . . . Mr. Lincoln’s. . . last point
Source: Political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the celebrated campaign of 1858 in Illinois; including the preceding speeches of each at Chicago, Springfield, etc. Also the
Source: Congressional Globe, Senate, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, 275–180, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage80. . . . Upon the other point—that pertaining to the question of slavery in the territories—it was the intention of the
My Dear Sir: I have received your letter inquiring whether my friends are at liberty to present my name to the Charleston Convention for the Presidential nomination. Before this question
Under our complex system of government it is the first duty of American statesmen to mark distinctly the dividing line between Federal and Local authority. To do this with accuracy
Return to Part I This is the entire quotation brought forward to prove that somebody previous to three years ago had said the negro was not included in the term
MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It is now nearly four months since the canvass between Mr. Lincoln and myself commenced. On the 16th of June the Republican Convention assembled
A VOICE—”That’s the doctrine. ” Return to Part I MR. DOUGLAS—Yes, sir, that is good doctrine, but Mr. Lincoln is afraid to advocate it in the latitude of Chicago, where
MR. LINCOLN’S SPEECH. At precisely half past two o’clock Mr. Lincoln was introduced to the audience, and having been received with three cheers, he proceeded: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I have
