I roto i te tīmatanga o te 1850s, tautoko Lincoln takawaenga ā-wāhanga, a ka arotahi ana tona 1852 whakamoemiti mo Clay i runga i te tautoko o te whakamutunga mo te whakaoranga āta me te whakahe ki "e rua tino" i runga i te take pononga. Ka rite ki te haere o te 1850s, ka riro i te tautohetohe i runga i te pononga i roto i te Nebraska Territory me Kansas Territory rawa pungarehu, a ka tūtohu Senator Douglas rangatiratanga rongonui rite te whakaaetanga; e kore e taea e te tono tukua te electorate Republican o ia rohe ki te whakatau i te mana o te pononga. whakaoho te tono maha Northerners, e tumanako ki te horapa i te antislation o te pononga ki te Northern rohe. Ahakoa te whakahe antislation tenei, Douglas W Nebraska's, me te tona 1852 whakamoemiti mo Clay arotahi i runga i te tautoko o te whakamutunga mo te whakaoranga āta me te whakahe ki "e rua tino" i runga i te take pononga. I roto i te Congress o Kansas, Lincoln i roto i te Oketopa 16, 1854,
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