Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Paiva nemashoko echikamu, akadai sekupomera kwaDouglas kuti nhengo dzebato re "Black Republican" dzaive vanobvisa mutemo, kusanganisira Lincoln, uye akataura seuchapupu hurukuro yaLincoln yeHouse Divided Speech
, umo akati, "Ndinotenda kuti hurumende iyi haigoni kutsungirira nguva dzose hafu muranda uye hafu akasununguka". Douglas akapomerawo Lincoln kupikisa chisarudzo che"Dred Scott" nemhaka yokuti "chinobvisira mutema maruramiro neropafadzo dzokuva mugari wemo". Lincoln akapindura kuti "chisarudzo chinotevera chaDred Scott" chaigona kubvumira uranda kupararira mumatunhu akasununguka. Douglas akapomera Lincoln kuda kupidigura mitemo yenyika yaibvisa vatema mumatunhu akadai seIllinois, ayo aifarirwa nemaDemocrat okuchamhembe. Lincoln haana kutsigira kuenzana kwakakwana munzanga, asi akataura kuti Douglas akafuratira hunhu hwevanhu vevatema uye kuti varanda vaive nekodzero yakaenzana yerusununguko, vachiti "Ndinobvumirana naMutongi Douglas haasi akaenzana neni muzvinhu zvakawanda - zvirokwazvo kwete muvara, pamwe kwete mutsika kana mupfungwa. Asi mururamisiro yokudya chingwa, pasina mvumo yomumwe munhu upi noupi, icho ruoko rwake amene runowana, iye akaenzana neni uye akaenzana noMutongi Douglas, uye akaenzana nomunhu ari mupenyu ari wose".