MR DOUGLAS’ REJOINDER Fellow citizens: I will now occupy the half hour allotted to me in replying to Mr. Lincoln. The first point to which I will call your attention is, as to what I said about the organization of the Republican party in 1854...
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates -1st Debate in Ottawa, Illinois. Lincoln’s Reply
MR. LINCOLN’S SPEECH Mr. Lincoln then came forward and was greeted with loud and protracted cheers from fully two-thirds of the audience. This was admitted by the Douglas men on the platform. It was some minutes before he could make himself...
Lincoln-Douglas 4th Debate Charleston, Illinois. Lincoln’s Rejoinder
MR. LINCOLN’S REJOINDER. As Mr. Lincoln stepped forward, the crowd sent up three rousing cheers. MR. LINCOLN said: Fellow citizens—It follows as a matter of course that a half—hour answer to a speech of an hour and a half can be but a very...
The Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 4th Debate in Charleston, Illinois. Douglas’ Reply
MR. DOUGLAS’ REPLY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I had supposed that we assembled here to—day for the purpose of a joint discussion between Mr. Lincoln and myself, upon the political questions that now agitate the whole country. The rule of such...