| Show M IV io i oi i t rom i iiIi I ii im P e J HISTORIC EPISODE IN ILLINOIS 1 I FoI L I w W I J i t r In 10 regard to tho In I beliefs ol debate B historic hl A Anew Ano to lo be le shattered POPULAR cue ivro the tho t tu penetrates new flow no I and 1111 It of ot days long OI paM tul u haje lazo of ot lt Its Iti 11 on occurrences period These jays r y tumultuous that different to lo the tho ai give ulve a 0 I of ot little Lincoln ami 1111 u ut ot Douglas They Thuy rim actor r nt relieved II the Little of ot die no ut 10 lacking In of ot the first mat mar martyr ability mid life from Crom mil anti nOli mi ICo of ot having ul ut uttered the hue charge nl tyr In 11 that neom Heer conflict wih sound ienO and tind political sagacity Clark Clay ko question Is by hy y whole The Tho Denmark to 10 r j 1 R Carr former forler anti and personal History tradition HI III at by Mr Cart n Hl J rue am ll the tl ti li I writers upon lOl concealing conference ly I Igl 1 bo propounded t th to toI QU th ro to 10 le fin rt H Douglas was as to the lit h question 11 A Tho Tha principal the Uio people of u a u United States power of ot exclude lawful to territory In iii II n ii I Ti I limits torn It Its Y shivery scrutiny of ot oth 0 i lifter a n Mr lr campaign records of ot th the great grant jF tho tint that nu ito such h g conclusion 10 reach the tie considered a nt been 1 question could coull have len wilU fi II Ho He shows shown that that conference hold hell on Aug meeting wu Aul 61 o tho tito Presort Douglas had Senator I 27 2 ISM 18 que tion a nt at atI the hue proponed answered fully rt the th previous July Id 10 mu I To li liL 0 later two Springfield n a d or r I l at nt lilt his position Mr lr Ca shows L emphasize hIl attended the Douglas o that Lincoln ami mul hunt Lin Jit Lincoln Ln mealing at t Aul nf if I a 8 few fv lt til coIn coln ol spoke In II n Ii trl I Douglas concluded hIl tel asserted tend to show us It Is l These fuels facts ll I f consideration of oC the tho questions that tho caucus and thc tho comments Pl at nl n a mythical and und undU of ot Lincoln thereon aru 1 Imaginary histories It 1 la II therefore I U One On or two are Inaccurate I wih with contended lre Incident and autti a n invent to this with Illinois deals largely that leals W mud JOs Is Isi of the tho Mi pr i politics hown to havu no authority for a n ira dra da dama I chapter ma them th 10 Io satisfied that Mr Carr la Is l of Senator Dough In cornering t no flO and that tat he u was not forced breed torce tho the affair nn WIS 0 answer one that Into a I disagreeable He lie In IM l alao aio future 1110 his Il political menaced comment the tho replies and I that hat i assured credited to Air 1 lr Curr i I thinks reflected on 01 his luis sagacious grasp HIP gr grof 1 Ei k of ot never nover relate uttered time the atory In InI Inbi Mr Carr Can ItOI But flut lot let r tn new now n anti and a n words bi his On tn place Pe politics I i on a n momentous episode ell o de In the time I ot of Illinois and of ot time the nation second of tho tito Lincoln mid At the tho Ii hell held which was wan Joint debates of August III on time the i nt J to Senator I t IMS IB S lr Ir Lincoln propounded tho tue second secant of ot las four questions 1 0 which a as follows toIOI y the tho 11 n people of ot a n United States Can c c lawful way against In any territory of tho time 1 of any citizen wish the Itzen limits la lai fr exclude slavery lavry from rom Us its Is In States ot of n a con constitution on tho formation 1 i prior 10 to In this article to It Is not proposed h I Involved l consider the tho hO legal proposition II LI VMS ThIs YU jully tull q in I ima UI the principals Ir Irby ii In the tho event tont contro controversy ontI 0 by hy pro proposed time at lIt this Is ii I versy It I simply what has mined to toI t ti posed to consider the country hiS a 1 general geneIl I lx IC throughout cir dr circumstances tn to i regard nil In AY u ml of ot th ques question I propounding Injustice to Son Hen Senator I A Ion tion which does great tO Douglas I ator Dougla c it FALLACIES Alm AIl Gr understood that by b propounding 11 ding It U Is 1 ly tho the IiI I Mr Lincoln forced torce this question 11 1 which hs h re ye reluctantly reo yeI 1 senator Into lOto a position J J found himself obliged to as ns assume assume i I Q and wrung front from him a n reply t 11 sume It IB la fur further which he lie was loath to give Ive I Ir IrI II ll understood WIS that Mr dr tn n nI 12 I ther them propounding tho the question could coul only ti I what position the time senator M t but that he believed the 1 take would i N would be driven to answer the Iho 0 senator the affirmative Irlen In order to 10 tot Pj 1 question queston In of ot lilt Illi Illinois hold keep his hU holl t and retain his lutH seat sent In the Senate I nois riols the tho of ot forcing Sai for tor the purpose 1 ii S mimi and Ind that Mr Lincoln de tie deliberately to this position 11 f HI placed In Jeopardy his hui own ownS S tt chances of ot election d that thai Ir dr Lincoln vas belief It Ils Is 1 I t ck ok okU W against warned by b hUt his political friends U this question but that he Its per persisted peru asking ro queston do BO so 1 his determination to S St u In his hisa doing he Imperiled Ul by so although I the time lit t own chances of being elected to a of with the tho deliberate purpose Senate the only forcing Senator Douglas Doug Ins an as al Sen Sea SenAte of ot his Ills being reelected to tho the hope i that would defeat detent l Jiu Rte Ate te Into a I position him for the presidency this matter r Is 19 supported This view Ie of mal i antI and so generally authority by so BO much mich Q Ct ti ly like accepted as its to make It seem Iko pro pre presumption Thi En I i to question rlue ton Us its correctness Arnold In his Lift LUi ll of ot Lincoln page N 09 HI i ru nv nA thru a I S friend to 4 U whom who I the iI Jo q JO question es l l was shown said to Mr tr Lin Un Lincoln UnLa coin coln Douglas will adhere to his life doe doc doctrine La Lq trine of ot squatter sovereignty ntY and de lIe declare ml rl l dare clare that a territory may nitty mn exclude slav slavery Mar MarJUl rii ery en If he lie does that said sahl Mr Lincoln JUl he bo eon can never be President T Ti II he hs be 1 I t Hut But sail said the friend may senator replied l Lincoln but I 1 Iam Iam 1 am after larger battle fIllIo of ot 1860 Is worth a n hundred of ot this Horace White While the distinguished ed od editor odi AJ nt at the time lime of ot the contest was ns n a Tm i young newspaper r correspondent and 1111 I IM wrote the most mOlt graphic find Inti Interesting I M n Mounts accounts of ot the campaign In nil nn ar or article I J Il t hole in 1880 1890 SO which may I be VII 11 found In itt life of ot Lincoln Mr Ir White While tells of o a conference held at a at Dixon Just before the Freeport de tie debate t jl bate between Mr Lincoln and am a anum t num number i her ber r of ot his hll hl friends from froni rom Chicago among whom bona wore were Norman H U Judd Jud and lr Dr 2 C II H Hay Un the latter the chief editor of oC o the Tribune i 1 wan Willi not as ai 75 Mr II White While hut but Dr Ilay Itay told me mc meT counseled Mr that bot all an who were there T t Lincoln not to rut nut that thai question tu tv tuk lt 1 t It In lit 1 k Douglas because U he would answer Ml affirmative nIl anti thus thul probably se secure secure secure cure his hll reelection 1 WHAT THEY rILEY TUI Y re It WM Wal their opinion that Lincoln t should strongly front from tho the Ilert Indor Brott roll t which Douglas A could that the people of or the tho territories not hot lawfully slavery prior to tu tho Limo ut ot u II state constitution hut html that ho should not form force orro H to toay tolay tomay that the th ay may yos 01 or 01 no Thoy rhoy believed utter would let the tIme subject M as anal A As b In III not to offend tho Io South unless driven Into limb a n cornet corner Mr di 11 Lincoln that to draw drav an from on this question what ho lie wanted anti hint his liln object Will to It for fUl to m gilt getho tho ho vote ote of ot the southern states In the tho next election In 11 till tho tiu came camo none Ha Ill Mr dr Ir White says tin Ihl Charles Charleson ton tOil on animism would taken place von ovon If J 1 had not nol been driven In Sn Into Into to 0 n 8 corner nt at lLIo COlli polled to 10 U proclaim the thu of ot unfriendly but Iut I It Il IB in more likely that the lie would have been heon a 1 tow few yours longer NIGHT NIGH CAUCUS and If ay In their Ivo ro history of A I tho t h e follow t o l lo t v ng l t There In Is n a tradition that on an tho thu tim night preceding pr th I debate ml Lincoln was vUI aa catching a II few fes hours haute rose tosi nt lit n a railroad named 11 to which place o the convolving trains brought after midnight a it I number of ot loaders leaders on their thou way to thug the great lit It the ha neighboring town of ot Freeport l Not Nol Notwithstanding withstanding time thu Into late hour Mr Lin coins collis bedroom was vas ns Invaded by an Im tnt Improvised nl and tho Ito ques question thou lion wan ins one once Ol more brought brough t under con COh Tho Time whole drift ot of rOil ran against putting time the to but LIncoln In III his n to force hInt him to it 11 Finally hU hili In lit ti n chorus oiled cried If It you do you ou can noor ho IH senator I a on I r replied iii lad Lincoln I a am in hilling killing larger gamu If U Douglas tins ans answers were welS he Ito cnn con hover bu be Pr anti tho limo of la Is worth n a hundred of oC this hue These quotation quotatIons from writers of ot the Iho highest might bo lie stipple by h rummy ninny similar quotations from others othoN The truth of state monts so 0 far an us tho limo writer known knos Imas hilM mover heretofore been IJ questioned NIS OK OV rIm API tit titA A novel by Winston Churchill on titled The Ilme which has Ima recently been heen attempts to give gl un am account of ot tho timo alleged bo be weon Mr Lincoln and anI his bin friends on I Ithe the ho eve ovo of ot tho thu Freeport debate In this huts the thu Interview IB Is as ns nil tuned mod to have place on u n roll rail railway milway way tay train and Ito tho parties 1 ua us a stated cocci Mr Lincoln Mouth Nor Not non lIan U Ii Mr Hill 1111 tho tIme latter lotter meaning Hobort It H lIItt and Stephen time tha hero of oC time the story Vita Tho ho tells ot of Mr Lincoln read reading ing In ng to the the tho four ho 10 Intended to tf 0 propound nt lit proceeds with his hla account of the thc ho In III orloW IB 15 Wo We dont care about tiny of tho the others answered Mr Ir but I Itell Ieli tell eli you yon this If It you nak that second one you yon oil will never see BOO tho time United States Senate And Alit tho tim Republican party of ot tI state will have havo a 0 JIm blow train from which It cannot recover added Mr Mu JUll milan man of ethic the committee Mr h Lincoln did dl l not to hear thorn thom Ills hIm lIM eyes fill far away over the tho wet wat Stephen hid held h his hits breath hut neither ho Ito nor nor not nor Hill soa How lIow ot or that moment nt at tho time pregnancy they to know kno Imil that t the time fate fato tn to of tho the United States of o America was WM con coil In iii that was to tn he be de decided that day on n a rough wooden platform nt at Freeport Ill III 7 m STATES TUB Phil QUESTION some further rhapsodies of or time the theauthor Abo Abe Abonnel author of or this story ho lie makes tho time con conversation Judd continue anti Toe Joe lo anti and Mr MI In iii a mm strain Lincoln reads read I to them tham time the question un under itt consideration dee der Can Cnn the people of o a II United States against In any lawful way Ill u territory United citizen of ot tho the tho time wish of any States exclude slavery Its limits tato con constitution prior to the formation ot of a 1 evoked according to tho time author rule more moro arid and Crisis of ot The Tue from Joo Joe nail and Judd to which Mr 1111 Lincoln a n In the tho course of which ho hi It made to 10 say eay Ill II tell you JI why Im Ii In tutu this to catch Douglas keep leeel House In Sn WO 1560 White of ot tho the him to La ium nave out this country of ours Joe she sick ho yea that slave rv y Suppose cnn can be excluded 1 questioned Mr Ir Judd then tush Thon rhon sold Mr tu h Lincoln Douglas loses tho the vote of the time great glent n the II Mm hn b ot e I I I s B uv I ever been fostering ho lie nan has South that be President tho tIme Itch lIh to had he ho linn has hR since Ino the solid South time the dent Without White While WhiteHouse live In tho the will never little plant giant Im mightily mill mis mistaken mm And unless unions House Houpe Stove Stoe Douglas DOU has had his eye taken time tune 1860 1160 for tor some Bomo as nit far ahead as nil MAKING OF OI with all title this tho the author Not satisfied the question oath and upon answer In commenting as nil they were heard at nt exclaims amongst those who heard What moat man ht that these min minutes mum might ml say any and lasting Into eternity utes miteS oven een Ci now that Is III tho the nation crisis of ot n a held the th Judge time the world orith Not you roll of ot hope there thoro smiling Con Consternation Consternation who alt ut It Doula In Is a stranger In itt your heart henrt that question It If you ou cnn can but answer nimble wit has hns helped you Yea YI your corner You donot do donot donot of ot many a ii tight out Cnn Can you 01 ns yet noose not feel eel the noo will make or ormar ormar reply repy not guess that your our fortunes of ot your our country mar flute the and that has hall been beon quoted With nil all not nol for tor which hichi we have much mitch more norl giving the th some carne understanding space under consideration It 11 of or the sold said wem sem presumptuous may ml as ria his has hem henn tn to tho the of so K accepted U HIli Is im Ins however that tint the Ilin th truth tenth bo lie c known This Thill l Is III d due ime to t o ti tho mo memory mentor of or Douglas J to It that of lit Mr MI It Lin LImi Lincoln multi coln and ot of mull all the tho others whose have hlo boon hoon mentioned and If It there thoro hurts has Iwan hoan a n mistake It ought to bo be correct corrected I ed 01 en We Ve oro nrc convinced I that hint thoro there hns hilA him boon boom a IlL i mistake that Injustice him hilI hit bean beell dono and therefore th r COIe We vu ask that time thu matter be b reconsidered WHAT I 1 SAID Tho answer of ut it nt at Freeport I to tho thu question under Ion con consideration after It tt un nl follows I as no Mr It Lin Lincoln colt coln has hoard mu mae a 1 times limes fruit from overy ovely stump In iii Illinois that In III my opinion a 1 territory cnn can by law lawful I w rul ful means In raM exclude from flom their limits prior tu to tho of ut a ii Mr 11 Lincoln know knew that I 1 answered that lint question over ivor tumut over urn In lIe He hoard mo tUb the tho bill cm em III that Issue I sue In lii ISM In in iii 1866 and hu he mum linn hn no excuse for tUl pretending to ho bo In doubt its ilu to my may position on Oil that hut It I I matters not lIot what the timi court home holo ni n a to the abstract u tin whether w h e th er slavery y may or may not ito KO go Into ii a II territory under the lie constitution tion the time I have havo the lawful moans tu to Introduce It II 01 or exclude It as mis tIme tho please e for tOI tho time reason that slavery can cnn cannot nut not exist a Cl I tiny day or O an nut hour any whore union it II Is lit supported by local locut Polio police I regulations LOCAL Those cnn can only bo hr hed by tho time local legislature and ant If It tho the ore aro opposed to they will elect to that lint body who win will by unfriendly legislation ef or effectually prevent pI tho the of ot It II ItIn ItIn In their midst If It on umu tho the |
