OCUMENT TWO
mary Source: Speech
m Stephen Douglas's speech at the Lincoln-Douglas
Date in
Freeport, Illinois, on August 27, 1858
question that Lincoln had put to him: Could the people
a debate
held in Freeport, Illinois, Douglas addressed
a territory keep
slavery out? Douglas believed they
uld and, in
this excerpt, he explains how.
ONSTRUCTED RESPONSE Describe how Douglas
es cause and effect to
explain how people can keep
every out of a territory
.
The people have the lawful means to introduce
it slavery) or exclude it as they please, for the
reason that slavery cannot exist a day or an hour
anywhere, unless it is supported by local police
regulations. Those police regulations can only
be established by the local legislature, and the
people are opposed to slavery they will elect
representatives to that body who will by unfrien
legislation effectually prevent the introduction c
into their midst
What is the main idea of the passage?