“I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals of the people of Missouri, but let them settle that matter for themselves. I hold that the people of the slaveholding States are civilized men as well as ourselves, that they bear consciences as well as we, and that they are accountable to God and their posterity and not to us. It is for them to decide therefore the moral and religious right of the slavery question for themselves within their own limits.” PeopleMenWellsMatterStatesReligiousMoralRightsBearsLimitsConscienceConstitutionSlaverySettlingAbortionCivilizedPosterityMissouriReligious Rights Author:Stephen A. Douglas
“Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.” WarHoursPoliceSlaveryLocalsCivil WarRegulation Book:The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Source: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
“Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is, what shall be done with the free negro?” ImportantDoneSlaveryCome UpControversy Book:The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 Source: The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858
