Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-28


h historic Llncoln-Douglas dep0''s
a ohout TO be shattered a
nav searchllght pcneiraies inc
haze Of days long past ana
sheds ifs rays on occurrences o'
,, ,,,nultuous period, These rays
sd"' Ittle different aspect to the ehor'
s',e Of Lincoln and Of Douglas In'y
" "s,,o,od the little Giant Of the oo'
ansoUon Of being lacking In acumen
ond ability and life from the first mar
49,, PRESIDENT the charge of having ut
,sred certain expressions that seem IN
CONFLICT with sound sense and poilu'a'
sagacity ,.., -, CLARK
"a carr former minister TO Dei l.l,,,,, W.
History, tradition and persohaell le'I iIis
i1n , are refuted by Mr. carr W.
i,iantion centers upon the Famous ~.
enA Freeport conference cOhceII,lue
n1Sostions there to be propoundeu "
'y TSe principal question was as TO tue
i,,o. NJ lhe people Of United S'al,s
,orrltory In n lawful way 10 eAo'uN-
slavery from rs limits .,,,,,,,, NJ
S'S mc carr after a careful scrutiny VI
enc records Of the great Valllpu,a,tS
wy ,bos The conclusion that no suun
a,nstton could have been considere9 ~
N.Y. conference. He shows that Wnuu
, .l"' rreenort meeting was held on aug,
s ~ istS senator Douglas had alreauy
funy answered the proposed queSto. Of
bloomington the previous July w. u w.
at Springfield Day or TWO lute. ,so
emnbasize his position MT Vert suu" .
mat Lincoln attended the DouE,u'
meeting al Bloomington, ana trat Ll'ts
oolr smoke In Springfield few hourS ~
tor Donelas had concluded HIS sPeecn,
Thoee facts. II IS asserted, tend 10 snow
49, ,be consideration Of the questions
~ oi@ Freeport caucus and the comments
"f Lincoln thereon are mythical anu
i' Nps or two histories, It Is therefore
,,dad are Inaccurate with reSalu
IN his Treeport Incident ana ive'lii,
Novel mat deals largely with llilhois
noil,ioe Of the sos and early wy u
matte chapter h,t .hoto was
49,. aoornnring" of Senator Douglas u
the affair and that he was hot io, ,5.I
into dlsagreeable ansWer-Qug u, u,
menaced his political future lie ~ ",9t
assured that the replies ana Gu"u 1ar,
credited TO Lincoln-which MT. Nai'
thinks reflected on his sagacIous bI"'A
If aifalrs-wore never uttered .. &,
mn let Mr.. Carr relate the STORY II
h,s ovn words and place new aspgt
nn n momentous episode In the polluV'
~ Illinois and OF the nation.
A. the second Of the Lincoln en'
rouglas Joint debates, which was hei.
~ Freeport H. on the 9th oil Ausus'
Is5S Mr.. Lincoln propounded 10 oeh9'o
n ISov' four questions, the second o
which was as follows ,,-,.., e.o4o
"can the people Of a United stqte
,srrlfory. in any lawful way agains
,he wish OF ans citizen OF the unl'e'
s,o,es exclude slavery from us hlult
nrior 10 the formation of state con
sttution?' - u1s article I
consider the legal proposition il.u ao,,
IN this question, This was lully uU .i
hy the principals IN the great Vo',,ro
yersy. II Is simply at TINS tlhle P'V
nosed To consider what has seeuleu
~ throughout the country gehet.
decentralization In regard to the Clr
cnmstances OF propounding TINS ques
tIon which does great injustice 10 sen
ator Douglas.
PALACES ARE ALLEGED
II is understood that by propoundin1
,h,s mnestlon Mr. Lincoln forced VI
senatnr into a position which ne re
Tctentlv found himself Obliged 10 az
sn,ne and wrung from him a fepl
witch he was loath to give, IL Is III,
,hor understood that Mr., LincOllh
nrnnoundIng the question, could ON
surmlse what position the sehal'
would take. but that he believed "
senator would be driven TO ahswel "
question in the affirmative IN oISei n,
keen his hold upnthe people 0l ~
nols and retain his seat IN the sel'a -
and that for the purpose OF t0rclns y
senator 10 this position Mr.. Lincoln ~
nberately placed in jeopardy MS o"
chances Of election, 800,
II Is belieVd that MI Lincoln W.
taSorca --Of-o -uaasenoW rom !
warned by his political friends again
ostins This question but that ne pc
s,sted In his determination 10 40
1sithouph. by so doing, he Imperfect n
own chances OF being elected to u
senate) with the deliberate purpose
forcing Senator Douglas as the on
hone OF his being reelected to the %
ats into n position that would dele
him for the presidency,
THIS view OF this matter Is support
nv so much authority and so general
accepted as to make II seem IKE pr
sumption to question IT'S correctness
Arnold, In his Life of Lincoln pa
ISL. says that friend TO whom !
question was shown, said to Mt III
coin. Douglas will adhere TO MS uo
trlne OF squatter sovereignty ana q
clare that territory may exclude STA
cry"
III he does that" said Mr.. Llnco
she can never be President"
But" said the friend, "he may
senator" a..
Perhaps" replied Lincoln, "but
am after larger game-the battle Oh Il
Is worth a hundred Of this"
Horace White, the distinguished
itor. al the time Of the contest was
young newspaper correspondent, a
wrote the most graphic aud INTEREST,"
accounts Of the campaign. In an
tlcle wrtted IN 1890, which may
found In Herndons life Of Lincoln,
White tells of a conference held
Dixon, lust before the Freeport
bate. between Mr. Lincoln and q nu
her OF his friends from Chicago amo
whom were Norman B. Judd and
c. II. Ray, the latter the chief edl
Of the Tribune ~ was not presen
says Mr.. White, "but DR.. Ray told
that an who were there counseled
Lincoln not 10 put that question
Douglas. because he would answer II
the Affirmative and thus probably
cure his reelection.
WHAT THEY PROPOSED.
It was their opinion that Line