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Editorial
January 10, 1867
Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
The Cincinnati Enquirer commends to the Chicago Times extracts from 1858 U.S. Senate campaign speeches by Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln in Illinois, both opposing negro suffrage, political equality, office-holding, and intermarriage with whites, emphasizing white superiority.
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Negro Suffrage.
We commend to the Chicago Times, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, the following extracts from the speeches of the only men who, of late years, have given Illinois a National reputation, viz: Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. They were made when they were candidates against each other for the United States Senate, in 1858. Here they are:
"I hold that this Government was made on the white basis, by white men, for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever and should be administered by white men, and none others. I do not believe that the Almighty made the negro capable of self-government."--Stephen A. Douglas.
Now hear President Lincoln in reply:
"I AM NOT, NOR EVER HAVE BEEN. IN FAVOR OF
OF NEGROES, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor intermarrying them with white people, and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE between the white and black races, which, I believe, will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality-and, inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together, there must be a position of superior and inferior. and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the SUPERIOR POSITION ASSIGNED TO THE WHITE RACE."
We commend to the Chicago Times, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, the following extracts from the speeches of the only men who, of late years, have given Illinois a National reputation, viz: Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. They were made when they were candidates against each other for the United States Senate, in 1858. Here they are:
"I hold that this Government was made on the white basis, by white men, for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever and should be administered by white men, and none others. I do not believe that the Almighty made the negro capable of self-government."--Stephen A. Douglas.
Now hear President Lincoln in reply:
"I AM NOT, NOR EVER HAVE BEEN. IN FAVOR OF
OF NEGROES, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor intermarrying them with white people, and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE between the white and black races, which, I believe, will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality-and, inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together, there must be a position of superior and inferior. and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the SUPERIOR POSITION ASSIGNED TO THE WHITE RACE."
What sub-type of article is it?
Suffrage
Slavery Abolition
What keywords are associated?
Negro Suffrage
Racial Inequality
Douglas Lincoln Debate
White Superiority
Political Equality
What entities or persons were involved?
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Times
Cincinnati Enquirer
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Negro Suffrage And Racial Equality
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Negro Suffrage And Pro White Superiority
Key Figures
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Times
Cincinnati Enquirer
Key Arguments
Government Made By White Men For White Men
Negroes Incapable Of Self Government
Not In Favor Of Negro Voting
Not In Favor Of Negroes Holding Office
Opposed To Intermarriage Between Races
Physical Differences Forbid Social And Political Equality
White Race Should Hold Superior Position