Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lincoln akagamuchira kugadzwa nomufaro mukuru nokushingaira. Mushure mokugadzwa kwake akapa hurukuro yake yeHouse Divided Speech
, rine nongedzero yomuBhaibheri kuna Marko 3:25, "Imba yakapesana 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 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".