Lincoln-Douglas Debate
The first debate
Come Out & See the Fight
Here in my auditorium is the first fight with words. Come to the auditorium in Pittsburgh, PA.
Here are the Fighters
Stephen A. Douglas
He designed the Kanas-Nebraska Act, winner of the Senate place. "There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors," quoted Douglas.
Abraham Lincoln
βIt is the eternal struggle between these two principles β right and wrong β throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, "You toil and work and earn bread, and I'll eat it." No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one race of men as an apology for enslaving another race, it is the same tyrannical principle.β quoted him.
The Prize
The prize to be a president for 2-4 years.