During the debates between Lincoln and Douglas, Lincoln combines the nation’s moral compass with the constitution, sparking a ...

Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery, transform ...

Next week marks the 150th anniversary of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate. There were seven in 1858, as the lanky Abraham Lincoln battled to... Debates Thrust Lincoln Into Public Eye ANDREA SEABROOK, ...

BEMENT - After winning a struggle to keep the landmark open, Bryant Cottage's guardians are looking forward to showing future generations the place where Abraham Lincoln planned the debates that ...

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Introduction: From Lincoln and Douglas to Nixon and Kennedy -- The least man I ever saw -- Take care of your old Whigs -- A David greater than Goliath -- For God's sake, Linder, come up -- In the face ...

FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) _ This is the 'Pretzel City,' thanks to German bakers who settled here in the 1850s. It's appropriate, given the way a lightweight named Abraham Lincoln twisted up a political ...

ANAC copy 39088001315837 from the Daniel Boorstin American Civilization Collection. Contents pt. I. Introductory. 1958: The crisis in historical judgment ; 1858: Lincoln versus Douglas ; The ...

Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich and long-shot Jon Huntsman say they’ll hold a “Lincoln-Douglas” debate in New Hampshire on Monday. So how will it be different from the usual debates? During the ...

MATTOON — Lincoln Home National Historic Site Superintendent Timothy Good is scheduled to discuss the Lincoln-Douglas debates during the Coles County Historical Society Founders' Day dinner on July 24 ...

In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...