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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In it he lays down two distinct propositions which I shall notice, and upon which I shall take a direct and bold issue with him. His first and main proposition I will give in his own language, scripture quotations and all [laughter] ...
In it he lays down two distinct propositions which I shall notice, and upon which I shall take a direct and bold issue with him. His first and main proposition I will give in his own language, scripture quotations and all [laughter] ...
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... emphatically embodied and carried out in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and vindicated this year by the refusal to bring Kansas into the Union with a Constitution distasteful to her people. The other proposition discussed by Mr. Lincoln ...
... emphatically embodied and carried out in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and vindicated this year by the refusal to bring Kansas into the Union with a Constitution distasteful to her people. The other proposition discussed by Mr. Lincoln ...
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My friend, Mr. Lincoln, who sits behind me, reminds me that that proposition was made when I was Judge of the Supreme Court. Be that as it may, I do not think that fact adds any greater weight or authority to the suggestion.
My friend, Mr. Lincoln, who sits behind me, reminds me that that proposition was made when I was Judge of the Supreme Court. Be that as it may, I do not think that fact adds any greater weight or authority to the suggestion.
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Fellow-citizens, you now have before you the outlines of the propositions which I . intend to discuss before the people of Illinois during the pending campaign. I have spoken without preparation and in a very desultory manner, ...
Fellow-citizens, you now have before you the outlines of the propositions which I . intend to discuss before the people of Illinois during the pending campaign. I have spoken without preparation and in a very desultory manner, ...
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To be sure he did; Let us, however, put that proposition another way. The Republicans not not have done it without Judge Douglas. Could he have done it without them? Which could have come the nearest to doing it without the other?
To be sure he did; Let us, however, put that proposition another way. The Republicans not not have done it without Judge Douglas. Could he have done it without them? Which could have come the nearest to doing it without the other?
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