1958 PC Postcard ABRAHAM LINCOLN Stephen Douglas Debate KNOX COLLEGE Galesburg

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1958 PC Postcard ABRAHAM LINCOLN Stephen Douglas Debate KNOX COLLEGE Galesburg:
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\"Commemorating the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Knox College, 1858-1958 Galesburg, Illinois\"

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TheLincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858(also known as The Great Debates of 1858) were a series of seven debates betweenAbraham Lincoln, theRepublicancandidate for theUnited States SenatefromIllinois, and incumbent SenatorStephen Douglas, theDemocratic Partycandidate. At the time, U.S. senators were elected bystate legislatures; thus Lincoln and Douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois legislature. The debates previewed the issues that Lincoln would face in the aftermath of his victory in the1860 presidential election. Although Illinois was afree state, the main issue discussed in all seven debates wasslavery in the United States.

In agreeing to the official debates, Lincoln and Douglas decided to hold one debate in each of the ninecongressional districts in Illinois. Because both had already spoken in two—SpringfieldandChicago—within a day of each other, they decided that their \"joint appearances\" would be held only in the remaining seven districts.

The debates were held in seven towns in the state ofIllinois:

Ottawaon August 21
Freeporton August 27
Jonesboroon September 15
Charlestonon September 18
Galesburgon October 7
Quincyon October 13
Altonon October 15

The debates in Freeport, Quincy and Alton drew especially large numbers of people from neighboring states, as the issue of slavery was of monumental importance to citizens across the nation.[1][2]Newspaper coverage of the debates was intense. Major papers from Chicago sentstenographersto create complete texts of each debate, which newspapers across the United States reprinted in full, with some partisan edits. Newspapers that supported Douglas edited his speeches to remove any errors made by the stenographers and to correct grammatical errors, while they left Lincoln\'s speeches in the rough form in which they had been transcribed. In the same way, pro-Lincoln papers edited Lincoln\'s speeches, but left the Douglas texts as reported.

After losing the election for Senator in Illinois, Lincoln edited the texts of all the debates and had them published in a book.[3]The widespread coverage of the original debates and the subsequent popularity of the book led eventually to Lincoln\'s nomination forPresident of the United Statesby the1860 Republican National Conventionin Chicago.

The format for each debate was: one candidate spoke for 60 minutes, then the other candidate spoke for 90 minutes, and then the first candidate was allowed a 30-minute \"rejoinder.\" The candidates alternated speaking first. As the incumbent, Douglas spoke first in four of the debates.

Galesburgis a city inKnox County,Illinois,United States. This city is forty-five miles northwest ofPeoria. As of the2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is thecounty seatof Knox County.[2]Galesburg is home toKnox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, andCarl Sandburg College, a two-year community college.

Galesburg City Townshipis an active township that is coterminous with the city.

Galesburg is the principal city of theGalesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Knox andWarrencounties.

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