Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Lincoln akagamuchira kugadzwa kwacho nechido chikuru uye nokushingaira. Mushure mokugadzwa kwake akapa
House Divided Speech, ine nongedzero yomuBhaibheri kuna Marko 3:25, "Imba yakapesana pachayo haigoni kumira. Ndinotenda kuti hurumende iyi haigoni kutsungirira nguva dzose hafu muranda uye hafu akasununguka. Handitarisiri kuti Union ichaparara - Handitarisiri kuti imba iyi iputsike - asi ndinotarisira kuti icharega kupatsanuka. Zvichava zvose chimwe chinhu, kana kuti zvimwe zvose". Hurukuro yacho yakaratidza zvakajeka ngozi yokusawirirana. Chiitiko chacho ipapo chakanga chakagadzirirwa kusarudzwa kwesangano rapamutemo reIllinois iro raizosarudza Lincoln kana kuti Douglas. Apo akaudzwa nezvokusarudzwa kwaLincoln, Douglas akati, "[Lincoln] ndiye murume akasimba webato... uye kana ndikamukunda, kukunda kwangu hakuzowaniki".