Sunday, November 01, 2015

The Lincoln - Douglas Debates were the turn key for Lincoln's Presidency.

"Fifth join debate, October 7, 1958 at Galesberg, Illinois.
Douglas as reported in the Chicago Times.
Lincoln as reported in the Pennsylvania Tribune. (I wasn't sure of the Pennsylvania part of the title, but, there was such a newspaper established in 1811. At the time of Lincoln it was called affectionately, "The Trib."

As a side note, the newspaper would be called "The Tribune-Review" in 1970 with several subsidiaries. It also employed student journalist, John Filo. John Filo was a student at Kent State at the time of the May 4 Massacre. He wrote for the newspaper about the tragedy and won a Pulitzer Prize along with the paper.

But, this relates to Abraham Lincoln in only one way and that it reported the last of the Lincoln - Douglas Debates. 

The picture is a scrapbook assembled by Abraham Lincoln and maintained in the rare book collection at the Library of Congress. (click here)

The Lincoln - Douglas Debates are considered the most important in history.  

There is a list of reference and a time line that might be of help if anyone wants to go further in their understanding of our 16th President. (click here)

Reference to the six Lincoln-Douglas Debates (click here).