Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Achigamuchira kugadzwa, Lincoln akapa hurukuro yake yeHouse Divided Speech, achishandisa Mako 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 yakaita kuti pave nomufananidzo wakajeka wengozi yokusawirirana. Chiitiko chacho ipapo chakanga chagadzirirwa nhimbe yesarudzo yenyika yose yesangano rapamutemo reIllinois iro, nenzira, raizosarudza Lincoln kana kuti Douglas. Apo akaudzwa nezvokusarudzwa kwaLincoln, Douglas akati, "[Lincoln] ndiye murume akasimba webato... uye kana ndikamukunda, kukunda kwangu hakuzove kwakakunda. "Mushandirapamwe weSeneti wakaratidza nharo nomwe, nharo dzezvematongerwe enyika dzakakurumbira munhoroondo yeAmerica. Vatungamiriri vacho vakanga vakasiyana zvikuru mumuviri uye mune zvematongerwe enyika. Lincoln akanyevera kuti "The Slave Power" yakanga ichityisidzira tsika dze republicanism, uye akapomera Douglas kukanganisa tsika dzeVavambi Venyika kuti vanhu vose vakasikwa vakaenzana, nepo Douglas akasimbisa yake Freeport Dzidziso, kuti vagari vemunharaunda vaive vakasununguka kusarudza kana kubvumira uranda, uye vakapomera Lincoln kuti akabatana nevanopedza. Nhaurirano dzacho dzakanga dzine mugariro wokurwa kwomubairo uye dzakakwezva mapoka ezviuru. Pfungwa yaLincoln yakanga yakavakirwa patsika. Akataura kuti Douglas aimiririra rangano yokuwedzera uranda kunyika dzakasununguka. Nharo dzaDouglas dzakanga dziri dzepamutemo, dzichiti Lincoln akanga achishora chiremera cheDare Repamusorosoro reU.S. uye chisarudzo cheDred Scott. Kunyange zvazvo vaRepublican vakwikwidzi vezvematongerwe enyika vakawana mavhoti akawanda, maDemocrat akawana zvigaro zvakawanda, uye dare remitemo rakasarudzazve Douglas. Kutaura kwaLincoln nhau kwakamupa kuvapo kwezvematongerwe enyika. Muna May 1859, Lincoln akatenga Illinois Staats-Anzeiger, pepanhau remutauro wechiGerman iro raiva rinotsigira nguva dzose; vakawanda vevagari vemo veGermany vokuAmerica 130 000 vakasarudza Democratic asi pepanhau remutauro wechiGerman...  Mubvunzo: Chii chaaifunga kuti hachigoni kuparadzwa?
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