This necessity had not been overlooked but had been provided for, as well as might be, in the notable argument of " squatter sovereignty," otherwise called " sacred right of self government," which latter phrase, though expressive of the only rightful basis of any government, was so perverted in this attempted use of it as to amount to just this: That if any one man, choose to enslave another, no third man shall be allowed to object. This opened all the national territory to slavery and was the first point gained. The new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more than half the State by State Constitutions, and from most of the national territory by congressional prohibition.įour days later, commenced the struggle, which ended in repealing that congressional prohibition. Let him consider not only what work the machinery is adapted to do, and how well adapted but also, let him study the history of its construction, and trace, if he can, or rather fail, if he can, to trace the evidences of design and concert of action, among its chief bosses, from the beginning.īut, so far, Congress only, had acted and an indorsement by the people, real or apparent, was indispensable, to save the point already gained, and give chance for more. Let any one who doubts, carefully contemplate that now almost complete legal combination - piece of machinery so to speak- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine, and the Dred Scott decision. Have we no tendency to the latter condition? It will become all one thing, or all the other.Įither the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new- North as well as South.
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I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation.
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. President and Gentlemen of the Convention. Illinois Republican State Convention, Springfield, Illinois June 16, 1858
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Douglas and any Republicans who might think of supporting Douglas. The speech was aimed at Senator Stephen A. On the previous day the Convention had taken the unprecedented move of naming Lincoln their candidate for the Senate. Lincoln spoke at the close of the Republican State Convention.