Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Achigamuchira kugadzwa, Lincoln akapa hurukuro yake yeHouse Divided
, uchishandisa Marko 3:25, "Imba kana ichipesana haingamiri. 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 yakaita kuti pave nomufananidzo wakajeka wechinetso chokusawirirana chakakonzerwa negakava, uye yakaunganidza maRepublican muNorth. Chiitiko chacho ipapo chakanga chagadzirirwa nhimbe yesarudzo yenyika yose yesangano rapamutemo reIllinois iro, nenzira, raizosarudza Lincoln kana kuti Douglas somutevedzeri waro womuSeneta weU.S. Paakaziviswa nezvokusarudzwa kwaLincoln, Douglas akati, "[Lincoln] ndiye murume akasimba webato... uye kana ndikamukunda, kukunda kwangu hakuzowaniki".