A Turning Point In Abraham Lincoln's Political Career

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Then in 1854, Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act. "I [Lincoln] think, and shall try to show, that it is wrong; wrong in its direct effect, letting slavery into Kansas and Nebraska?and wrong in its prospective principle, allowing it to spread to every part of the wide world, where men can be found inclined to take it" (Fehrenbacher, Lincoln, 1832-1858 510)...
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Lincoln was against Douglas' principles and wanted to stand up for what he believed was right. Richard Heckman states in his book, Lincoln vs. Douglas, that "It was not until 1854 that he [Lincoln] again emerged as an active political figure" (35). Lincoln believed that the Declaration of Independence contained rights for freedom and equality, and could not be taken away from anyone...
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