Identifier: lincolndouglasde00linc (find matches)
Title: The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861 Sparks, Edwin Erle, 1860-1924, ed
Subjects: Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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hall open the discussion and speak one hour; I willfollow for an hour and a half, and you can then reply for half an hour.We will alternate in like manner in each successive place.Very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. A. Douglas Hon. a. Lincoln, Springfield, 111. This arrangement was accepted by Mr. Lincoln: Springfield, July 31, 1858Hon. S. A. Douglas. Dear Sir: Yours of yesterday, naming places, times, and terms,for joint discussions between us, was received this morning. Al-though, by the terms, as you propose, you take four openings andcloses, to my three, I accede, and thus close the arrangement. Idirect this to you at Hillsboro, and shall try to have both your letterand this appear in the Journal and Register of Monday morning.Your obedient servant, A. Lincoln (Chicago Times, August 1, 1858) THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SENATOR DOUGLAS AND MR. LINCOLN. We received yesterday, and print this morning, the final corre-spondence between Senator Douglas and Mr. Lincoln, in relation to
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CONGRESSIONAL MAP OF ILLINOIS, 1858 Showing places where the seven debates were held, numbered in order THE CHALLENGE 71 addressing the people in company. Those readers who examine theletter of our Monticello correspondent will learn somewhat of the cir-cumstances which attended the conclusion of this arrangement. Mr.Lincolns letter is dated Springfield, but it was sent by the authorfrom some place in Piatt county to Senator Douglas in Bement. Weare not disposed to criticise too harshly the style of Mr. Lincolnsletter. It is now printed and speaks for itself its own praise or con-demnation. But, the public will have their opinion of it, and it canbe none other than that it is as badly conceived as bunglingly express-ed. We hope, however, that we have seen the conclusion of thecorrespondence, and do not question that by the time Mr. Lincoln hasconcluded on Senator Douglas, once or twice, and permittedSenator Douglas to conclude on him an equal number of times, hewill conclude that he b

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