FTP, name this statement made on August 27, 1858 at the second of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Stephen Douglas suggested that slavery could be outlawed by a territory.
The speech in which it was announced made frequent reference to an article published on December 17 in the Washington Union; the speaker noted that his response to that article was rebuked by Mr. Toombs. That speech also referred to a letter written by the speaker to Charles Lanphier of the State Register, in which he tried to ascertain the truth about a claim made by Major Thomas Harris. It was an attempt to compromise between an act of legislation passed four years earlier and a Supreme Court decision of the previous year, and proved to be a Pyrrhic victory, inasmuch as its creator won the election for which he was campaigning at the time but lost a more important election two years later. FTP, name this statement made on August 27, 1858 at the second of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Stephen Douglas suggested that slavery could be outlawed by a territory.
The speech in which it was announced made frequent reference to an article published on December 17 in the Washington Union; the speaker noted that his response to that article was rebuked by Mr. Toombs.
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