He wanted to get elected, by proving his moderately-democratic position was best for Illinois and the Nation.
Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act that opened lands for settlement. He believed that if the government allowed the white settlers in those states to decide through popular sovereignty whether they want to be slave state or free would end the debates.
well i remember my grand papi once told me that the major long term result that occured because of the lincoln-douglas debate was that many people did not want this to happen because then douglas replied withe the freeport doctorine which was bad very bad for the south nd to my homeboy barack obama!
He didn't want to be confused with Frederick Douglass.
Stephen Douglass wanted the Transcontinental/Pacific Railroad to run through Illinios.
Stephen Douglass wanted the Transcontinental/Pacific Railroad to run through Illinios.
Lincoln argued that slavery was wrong. Douglas said that the founding fathers had slaves and that local people should be able to decide if they want slavery or not. Douglas labeled Lincoln as a radical. Lincoln said that how could Douglas say it was popular sovereignty if Northern States had to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.
The candidates for President in 1860 were Abraham Lincoln- Republican Party - winner of the election. John C. Breckinridge - Southern Democratic Party John Bell - Constitutional Union Party Stephen A. Douglas - Northern Democratic Party
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, allowing territories to vote on whether to allow slavery. He believed this would settle the issue by letting the people in each territory decide for themselves.
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, which allowed residents in each territory to vote on whether or not to allow slavery. He believed this approach would prevent the federal government from imposing its views on the territories and let the residents decide for themselves.
Stephen Douglas, one of the railway's chief promoters, wanted a northern route via Chicago, but that would take the rail lines through the unorganized Nebraska territory, which lay north of the 1820 Missouri Compromise line where slavery was prohibited.
There is no evidence that Abraham Lincoln, either as a private citizen or as US president opposed Catholicism. In the 1858 debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas, whose second wife was a Catholic, the Illinois Republican Party opposed Catholicism . This gave radicals another reason to oppose Douglas. As US president Lincoln did help to allow a gathering in Washington DC raise funds for a Catholic church. The expert answer of Donna Halper saw my error about Douglas himself and rightly corrected it.
the conservative party, however they do not want to have another debate on the topic as Stephen Harper knows its against the majority's vote.