The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . s sincerity, logic, quick-wittedness and good nature won the day. He often parried and turned back Douglass savage blows upon himself like a boomerang. Douglas propounded a set of questions for Lincoln to answer. Lincoln answered these and asked Douglas several questions. Among these was one which forced Douglas to interpret the Dred Scott decision. Lincolns friends said, If you ask that you will lose the Senatorship. Lincoln replied, Yes : but the fight of i860 will be worth a hundred of this. Douglas walked right into Lincolns
The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . s sincerity, logic, quick-wittedness and good nature won the day. He often parried and turned back Douglass savage blows upon himself like a boomerang. Douglas propounded a set of questions for Lincoln to answer. Lincoln answered these and asked Douglas several questions. Among these was one which forced Douglas to interpret the Dred Scott decision. Lincolns friends said, If you ask that you will lose the Senatorship. Lincoln replied, Yes : but the fight of i860 will be worth a hundred of this. Douglas walked right into Lincolns trap. He answered the Freeport question to suit his hearers in Illinois, but offended the South—for the whole country was now breathlessly watching the struggle. Douglas was elected to the Senate, though a greaterpopular vote was polled for Lincoln principles. Lincoln took his defeat gracefully. He did not pretendthat he was not disappointed. He .said he was like the boythat stumped his toe—it hurt too bad to laugh and he was too big to cry. Lincoln in
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