Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate

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Charles K. Rowley, Ph.D., Daily Essay 2013 2. The Constitution, 3. The Amendments, 4. The Classics that Inspired the Constitution, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, Charles K. Rowley PhD, Constitutional Amendment V, Constitutional Amendment V, Constitutional Amendment XIII, Constitutional Amendment XIII, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence, Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Guest Essayist: Charles K. Rowley, Duncan Black Professor Emeritus of Economics at George Mason University and General Director of The Locke Institute in Fairfax, Virginia

The State of Nature has a Law of Nature to govern it, which obliges everyone: And Reason, which is the Law, teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions”

John Locke, Second Treatise of Government. 1690

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, Read more

May 9, 2013/8 Comments/by Janine Turner

Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Reprinted from The U.S. Constitution, A Reader, Published by Hillsdale College

Classics that Inspired the Constitution, Daily Reading 2013, Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate, The Original Documents 4. The Classics that Inspired the Constitution, Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Lincoln and Douglas agreed to debate in all nine of the state’s congressional districts, with their recent speeches in Chicago and Springfield counting as the opening salvos. Seven debates ensued, each lasting three hours. This seventh and last debate, held in Alton, drew more than 5,000 spectators. Local and national papers–most in the service of one of the two main parties–reprinted each speech, leading to widespread circulation. After the debates concluded, Lincoln published an edited version. The book’s popularity throughout the North paved the way for his eventual presidential campaign. Read more

May 9, 2013/0 Comments/by Janine Turner