Including the text of the seven debates of 1858 between Lincoln and Douglas, Douglas's Chicago speech, and Lincoln's "House Divided" speech, this useful volume is enriched by Robert Johannsen's introduction, thorough notes, and suggestions for further reading.
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Robert W. Johannsen is J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Illinois. He is the author of Stephen A. Douglas (OUP, 1973; Francis Parkman Prize); To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination (OUP, 1985); The Frontier, the Union, and Stephen A. Douglas; and Lincoln, the South, and Slavery: The Political Dimension.
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"The Lincoln/Douglas Debates" is a collection of speeches and debates that two candidates for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, held in the summer and fall of 1858. This edition is a fantastic anthology of transcribed debates that focused on the issues of slavery, popular government, and popular sovereignty. It is interseting to notice how Lincoln gains in prominence as the debates progress and the extent to which both of these men discuss important moral and constitutional issues in the setting of small towns in Illinois. This text is absolutely essential for understanding the Civil War as well as American history and politics.
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MR. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cannot exclude slavery, requisite population, territorial existence, acquiring additional territory, unconditional repeal, unfriendly legislation, negro citizenship, disappointed politicians, slavery agitation, own domestic institutions, compromise measures, joint debate, great fundamental principle, ultimate extinction, slavery question, government cannot endure, negro equality, unwilling people, confident promise, white basis, specie circular, intelligent gentleman, sectional party Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Court, Dred Scott, Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Lecompton Constitution, Black Republican, Washington Union, Fugitive Slave, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, Fred Douglass, Missouri Compromise, State Convention, New York, District of Columbia, House of Representatives, State of Illinois, Territorial Legislature, Congressional Globe, New Mexico, Chief Justice Taney, President Buchanan, South Carolina, State Constitution, Federal Government New!
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MR. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cannot exclude slavery, requisite population, territorial existence, acquiring additional territory, unconditional repeal, unfriendly legislation, negro citizenship, disappointed politicians, slavery agitation, own domestic institutions, compromise measures, joint debate, great fundamental principle, ultimate extinction, slavery question, government cannot endure, negro equality, unwilling people, confident promise, white basis, specie circular, intelligent gentleman, sectional party Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Court, Dred Scott, Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Lecompton Constitution, Black Republican, Washington Union, Fugitive Slave, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, Fred Douglass, Missouri Compromise, State Convention, New York, District of Columbia, House of Representatives, State of Illinois, Territorial Legislature, Congressional Globe, New Mexico, Chief Justice Taney, President Buchanan, South Carolina, State Constitution, Federal Government New!
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- Created Equal (Midway reprint) by Angle in Back Matter
- Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings by Roy Basler in Back Matter
- Crisis of the House Divided (Phoenix Paperback Series) by Harry Jaffa in Back Matter
- Stephen A. Douglas by Robert W. Johannsen in Back Matter
- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln by A. Lincoln in Back Matter
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