Selections from the works of Abraham Lincoln . reatest hubbub and confusion. On the cornersof the squares, and scattered around the outskirts of the crowd,were fakirs of every description, selling pain-killers and aguecures, watermelons and lemonade; jugglers and beggars pliedtheir trades, and the brass bands of all the four corners withintwenty-five mile^ tooted and pounded at Hail Columbia, HappyLand, or Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean. The subject matter of these debates was roughly as follows : I. Arguments of political principle A. Is slavery right or wrong? B. Should the negroes have soci
Selections from the works of Abraham Lincoln . reatest hubbub and confusion. On the cornersof the squares, and scattered around the outskirts of the crowd,were fakirs of every description, selling pain-killers and aguecures, watermelons and lemonade; jugglers and beggars pliedtheir trades, and the brass bands of all the four corners withintwenty-five mile^ tooted and pounded at Hail Columbia, HappyLand, or Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean. The subject matter of these debates was roughly as follows : I. Arguments of political principle A. Is slavery right or wrong? B. Should the negroes have social and political equality with the whites? C. Are slavery and union incompatible? II. Arguments upon the history of slavery A. What was the intention of the fathers in regard to slavery ? B. What were the nature and purpose of popular sovereignty, and what would be its effect? III. An argument concerning present and future policy inregard to slaveryA. Did current legislation indicate a conspiracy toextend slavery into the whole United States?. Copyright by Clinedinstfrom Central News Photo Service Lincoln in 1860 LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES 61 IV. Personal charges of bad faith and bad conduct A. That Lincoln was a trimmer in politics and a traitor to his party. B. That Douglas had forged a campaign document. C. That Douglas had conspired to secure pro-slavery legislation. Although the debates were at first only of local interest,they assumed national importance and came to be readthroughout the country. Douglas was elected Senator, butLincoln had become a national figure. There was consolationfor Lincoln, also, in the fact that the Republicans elected theirstate ticket by a majority of some 4000 votes and their Con-gressional candidates in the first four districts by large majori-ties. The vote for Senator in the legislature stood Douglas 54,Lincoln 46. THE FIRST LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS DEBATE At Ottawa, III., Aug. 21, 1858Mr. Douglass Opening Speech 1. Ladies and Gentlemen, — I appe
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