. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . pon enslave the weakone, is the very essence of liberty, the mostsacred right of self-government; when, I say,public sentiment shall be brought to all this, inthe name of Heaven what barrier will be leftagainst slavery being made lawful everjrwhere?Can you find one word of his opposed to it?Can you not find many strongly favoring it? Iffor his life, for his eternal salvation, he wassolely striving for that end, could he find anymeans so well adapted to reach the end? If our presidential election, by a mere plu-rality, and of doubtful significance, brought
. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . pon enslave the weakone, is the very essence of liberty, the mostsacred right of self-government; when, I say,public sentiment shall be brought to all this, inthe name of Heaven what barrier will be leftagainst slavery being made lawful everjrwhere?Can you find one word of his opposed to it?Can you not find many strongly favoring it? Iffor his life, for his eternal salvation, he wassolely striving for that end, could he find anymeans so well adapted to reach the end? If our presidential election, by a mere plu-rality, and of doubtful significance, brought oneSupreme Court decision that no power can ex-clude slavery from a Territory, how much moreshall a public sentiment, in exact accordancewith the sentiments of Judge Douglas, bringanother that no power can exclude it from aState? And then, the negro being doomed, anddamned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage,is the white man quite certain that the tyrantdemon will not turn upon him too? wnnmM ■■- I I r,iiii,i i|iiij I ,, , I ,. Salmon P. Chase Wood Engraving from the Original Photograph byBendann. 1858] Notes for Speeches 225 Fragment: Notes for Speeches, [OctoberI, 1858?] FROM time to time, ever since the ChicagoTimes and Illinois State Registerdeclared their opposition to the Lecomp-ton constitution, and it began to be understoodthat Judge Douglas was also opposed to it, Ihave been accosted by friends of his with thequestion, What do you think now? Since thedelivery of his speech in the Senate, the questionhas been varied a little. Have you read Doug-lass speech? Yes. Well, what do youthink of it? In every instance the question isaccompanied with an anxious inquiring stare,which asks, quite as plainly as words could,Cant you go for Douglas now? Like boyswho have set a bird-trap, they are watching tosee if the birds are picking at the bait and likelyto go under. I think, then. Judge Douglas knows that theRepublicans wish Kansas to be a free knows that they know
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