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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This necessity had not been overlooked ; but had been provided for, as well as might be, in the notable argument of “ squatter sovereignty,” otherwise called " sacred right of self-government,” which latter phrase, though expressive of ...
This necessity had not been overlooked ; but had been provided for, as well as might be, in the notable argument of “ squatter sovereignty,” otherwise called " sacred right of self-government,” which latter phrase, though expressive of ...
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Then opened the roar of loose declamation in favor of “ Squatter Sovereignty,” and “sacred right of self-government.” " But," said opposition members, " let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory ...
Then opened the roar of loose declamation in favor of “ Squatter Sovereignty,” and “sacred right of self-government.” " But," said opposition members, " let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory ...
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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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There is but one mode in which it could be obtained, and that must be by abolishing the State Legislatures, blotting out State sovereignty, merging the rights and sovereignty of the States in one consolidated empire, ...
There is but one mode in which it could be obtained, and that must be by abolishing the State Legislatures, blotting out State sovereignty, merging the rights and sovereignty of the States in one consolidated empire, ...
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Without indorsing the wisdom of that decision, I assert that Virginia has the same power by virtue of her sovereignty to protect slavery within her limits, as Illinois has to banish it forever from our own borders.
Without indorsing the wisdom of that decision, I assert that Virginia has the same power by virtue of her sovereignty to protect slavery within her limits, as Illinois has to banish it forever from our own borders.
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