. Address by Abraham Lincoln of Illinois in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859 . hat this assumption of hisis false, and I do hope that that fallacy will not longprevail in the minds of intelligent white men. At allevents, you ought to thank Judge Douglas for it. Itis for your benefit it is made. The other branch of it is, that in a struggle betweenthe negro and the crocodile, he is for the negro. Well,I dont know that there is any struggle between thenegro and the crocodile either. I suppose that if acrocodile (or, as we old Ohio River boatmen used tocall them, alligators) should come acros
. Address by Abraham Lincoln of Illinois in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859 . hat this assumption of hisis false, and I do hope that that fallacy will not longprevail in the minds of intelligent white men. At allevents, you ought to thank Judge Douglas for it. Itis for your benefit it is made. The other branch of it is, that in a struggle betweenthe negro and the crocodile, he is for the negro. Well,I dont know that there is any struggle between thenegro and the crocodile either. I suppose that if acrocodile (or, as we old Ohio River boatmen used tocall them, alligators) should come across a white man,he would kill him if he could, and so he would a what, at last, is this proposition? I believe that itis a sort of proposition in proportion, which may bestated thus: As the negro is to the white man, so isthe crocodile to the negro; and as the negro may right-fully treat the crocodile as a beast or reptile, so thewhite man may rightfully treat the negro as a beastor reptile. That is really the point of all that argu-ment of his. LINCOLN IN CINCINNATI 33. We furnish either of these Pictures in Carbon Photographs direct from the original negative, size, 7x9 inch each, $ 14x17 inch enlargement, $ 34 LINCOLN IN CINCINNATI Now, my brother Kentuckians, who believe in this,you ought to thank Judge Douglas for having put thatin a much more taking way than any of yourselveshave done. Again, Douglas great principle, popular sovereign-ity, as he calls it, gives you by natural consequence therevival of the slave-trade whenever you want it. Ifyou are disposed to question this, listen awhile, considerawhile, what I shall advance in support of that pro-position. He says that it is the sacred right of the man whogoes into the Territories to have slavery if he wants that for arguments sake. Is it not the sacredright of the man who dont go there, equally to buy slavesin Africa, if he wants them? Can you point out thedifference? The man who goes into the
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