With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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The initial suggestion for the series of debates between Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln seems to have come from the Chicago Press and Tribune, or more specifically, the paper’s chief editor, Joseph Medill. However, Lincoln was quick to pick up on the idea. The sites proposed for the debates were part of Douglas’s strategy to reach swing voters, but neither candidate was interested in campaigning in areas where they could expect little support.

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The initial suggestion for the series of debates between Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln seems to have come from the <em>Chicago Press and Tribune</em>, , or more specifically, the paper’s chief editor, Joseph Medill. However, Lincoln was quick to pick up on the idea. The sites proposed for the debates were part of Douglas’s strategy to reach swing voters, but neither candidate was interested in campaigning in areas where they could expect little support.