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15508	Johnson, Allen	Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics			.txt	text/plain	142746	8934	69	prairies of Illinois, it was Senator Douglas, and not Mr. Lincoln, who Illinois, was taken by certain Democrats, foremost among whom was S.A. Douglas, Esq. His rise as a politician, indeed, coincides with this convention of young Democrats failed, for want of support, Douglas with a view to admitting new States, Douglas replied that the leaving the slavery question to the people of the new State was [Footnote 329: Letter of Breese to Douglas, Illinois _State Register_, [Footnote 331: Letter of Douglas to Breese, _State Register_, January followed, in the course of which Douglas was forced to state his own Within a week, Douglas's friends of the Illinois State after two days of debate, Douglas again had his way: the Senate voted between the Illinois senators followed, in the course of which Douglas [Footnote 581: Political Debates between Lincoln and Douglas, pp. Illinois _State Register_, on Douglas, 46, 81-82;	./cache/15508.txt	./txt/15508.txt