The History of Negro Servitude in Illinois, And of the Slavery Agitation in That State, 1719-1864
The History of Negro Servitude in Illinois, And of the Slavery Agitation in That State, 1719-1864
Norman Dwight Harris
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For nearly ten years he Digitized by Google STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS Digitized by VjOOQIC Digitized by Google LATER SLAVERY AGITATION 213 had been the most striking figure in political circles, and he had the support of the organized Illinois Democracy * behind him. Mr. Lincoln was scarcely known outside his own State, yet his honesty, his powers of argument and of oratory, and his earnest opposition to slavery exten- sion had won him considerable repute in Illinois. His friends felt confidence in hi...m, and looked forward to this contest, believing their prot^g€ would not prove unworthy of their trust. He himself was not ignorant of the great task before him, and he has jocosely described the relative standing of Douglas and himself at the opening of the debates. "Senator Douglas," he said, "is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for years past, have been looking forward upon him as certainly, at no distant day, to be the President of the United States.
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