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...Contents LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS FOURTH JOINT DEBATE, AT CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858. ............ 4 FIFTH JOINT DEBATE, AT GALESBURGH, OCTOBER 7, 1858 ....................................................................... 26 SIXTH JO...

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Four is a publication of the Penn- sylvan... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Four, the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS FOURTH JOINT DEBATE, AT CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858.... ... slavery is voted up or down,”—you will see at once that this is perfectly logical, if you do not admit that sla- very is wrong. If you do admit that ... ...sla- very is wrong. If you do admit that it is wrong, Judge Douglas cannot logically say he don’t care whether a wrong is voted up or voted down. Judg... ... any community wants slavery they have a right to have it. He can say that logically, if he says that there is no wrong in slavery; but if you admit t... ... tried to show that by the Dred Scott deci- sion, pushed to its legitimate consequences, slavery would be established in all the States as well as in ... ...abor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation therein be discharged from such servic... ... part of it your way. If he goes in and makes it a slave Territory, and by consequence a slave State, is it not time that those who desire to have it ...

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... of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Pen... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylva... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven, the Pennsylvania State University,... ... University is an equal opportunity university. 3 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven The Writings of Abraham Lincoln V olume Seven of Seven ... ...ed from that important position; and esteeming this to be of high national consequence, I recommend that all loyal people do, on receipt of this infor... ... of February 29 reached me only four days ago; but the delay was of little consequence, be- cause I found, on feeling around, I could not invite you h... ...en Knoxville and Cincinnati by way of cen- tral Kentucky would be of great consequence in the present emergency. It may be remembered that in the ann... ...om the respective standpoints of the parties, was perfectly consistent and logical. Every Unionist ought to wish the new government to succeed; and e...

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvan... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five, the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity... ... University is an equal opportunity university. 3 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five The Writings of Abraham Lincoln V olume Five of Seven A... ...more negroes, more white men, more soil, and more States in its deplorable consequences. They will, if possible, place it where the public mind shall ... ... found to carry it. All, or nearly all, of Judge Douglas’s argu- ments are logical, if you admit that slavery is as good and as right as freedom, and ... ...ican and Democratic parties. My friends, I have endeavored to show you the logical con- sequences of the Dred Scott decision, which holds that the peo... ...use the most insidious one) would have little support in the North, and by consequence, no capital to trade on in the South, if it were not for his fr... ...would perhaps be only preparing a disappointment for yourselves, and, as a consequence of your disappointment, mortification to me. I hope, therefore,... ... only so, but that decision lays down principles which, if pushed to their logical conclusion,—I say pushed to their logical conclusion,—would decide ...

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...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether ...

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publication of the Pennsyl- vani... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity,... ... University is an equal opportunity university. 3 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One The Writings of Abraham Lincoln V olume 1 of 7 INTRODUCTO... ... His language had the energy of honest direct- ness and he was a master of logical lucidity. He loved to point and enliven his reasoning by humorous i... ..., was then, and has ever since been, especially praised as one of the most logical and convinc- ing political speeches ever made in this country. The ... ... of the public interest were, as to appointments to office, of far greater consequence. Moreover, there had been such a mingling of different politica... ...s of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One swer, It has much to do with it. Its direct consequences are, comparatively speaking, but a small evil, and much of its... ...er consists in the proneness of our minds to regard its direct as its only consequences. Abstractly con- sidered, the hanging of the gamblers at Vicks... ...ainly I did neither; and if I did not, what becomes of the argument? These logical gentlemen can sustain their argument only by assuming that I did sa...

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... of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Three is a publication of the Pen... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Three is a publication of the Penn- sylva... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Three, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Three, the Pennsylvania State University,... .......................................................................... 48 LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS .......................................................... ....................................................... 86 4 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Three The Writings of Abraham Lincoln V olume Three o... ... and apparently indorsed by the people at an election, then to sustain the logical conclusion that what Dred Scott’s master might lawfully do with Dre... ...labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation therein be dis- charged from such serv...

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... of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Penns... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vani... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity,... ... University is an equal opportunity university. 3 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two The Writings of Abraham Lincoln Volume Two of Seven Abra... ...t the case, or to be re- tained by you if no one does. There is nothing of consequence new here. Congress is to organize to-morrow. Last night we held... ...postmasters instead of being limited to those of specific offices. (3) The consequence of this extension of authority was that, in innumerable instanc... ...d. It was true the question ap- peared in a different aspect to persons in consequence of a difference in the point from which they looked at it. It d... ...ot object to your tak- ing your slave. Now, I admit that this is perfectly logical if there is no difference between hogs and negroes. But while you t...