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The questions discussed were popular sovereignty, the Dred Scott decision, the extension of slavery to the territories; and the discussion of them attracted the attention of the whole country. Lincoln was defeated in the senatorial election; but his great speeches won for him a national reputation. II., pp. 308-339. Nicolay and Hay's Life of Lincoln, Vol. II., Chaps. 10-16.
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