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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... such as it was, secured. That was the second point gained. The indorsement, however, fell short of a clear popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes, and so, perhaps, was not overwhelmingly reliable and satisfactory ...
... such as it was, secured. That was the second point gained. The indorsement, however, fell short of a clear popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes, and so, perhaps, was not overwhelmingly reliable and satisfactory ...
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The Crittenden-Montgomery bill was as fair and as perfect an exposition of the doctrine 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 ...
The Crittenden-Montgomery bill was as fair and as perfect an exposition of the doctrine 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 ...
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Popular sovereignty ! everlasting popular sovereignty ! Let us for a moment inquire into this vast matter of popular sovereignty. What is popular sovereignty? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle, ...
Popular sovereignty ! everlasting popular sovereignty ! Let us for a moment inquire into this vast matter of popular sovereignty. What is popular sovereignty? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle, ...
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All that. space of time that runs from the beginning of the settlement of the Territory until there is sufficiency of people to make a State Constitution -- all that portion of time popular sovereignty is given up.
All that. space of time that runs from the beginning of the settlement of the Territory until there is sufficiency of people to make a State Constitution -- all that portion of time popular sovereignty is given up.
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A little more, now, as to this matter of Popular Sovereignty and the Lecompton Constitution. The Lecompton Constitution; as the Judge- tells us, was defeated. The defeat of it was a good thing or it was not. He thinks the defeat of it, ...
A little more, now, as to this matter of Popular Sovereignty and the Lecompton Constitution. The Lecompton Constitution; as the Judge- tells us, was defeated. The defeat of it was a good thing or it was not. He thinks the defeat of it, ...
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