Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaae a Lincoln ki te whakaingoatanga me te tino ngakau nui me te ngakau nui. Whai muri i tana whakaingoatanga i tukuna e ia tana
House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "E kore e tu te whare e wehewehea ana ki a ia ano. E whakapono ana ahau e kore e taea e tēnei kāwanatanga te mau tonu i te hawhe pononga me te hawhe noa. Kāore au i te tūmanako ka whakakorehia te Kotahitanga, kāhore au i te tūmanako ka hinga te whare, engari e tūmanako ana au ka mutu te wehewehe. Ka riro katoa te reira i te mea kotahi, ranei te tahi atu katoa. " I hangaia e te korero he ahua kino mo te morearea o te wehewehe. Katahi ka whakaritea te atamira mo te kowhiringa o te whare ture o Illinois, ka kowhiria e Lincoln, Douglas ranei. I a ia e korero ana mo te whakaingoatanga a Lincoln, i kii a Douglas, "[Lincoln] te tangata kaha o te roopu... ana mena ka wikitoria ahau i a ia, kaore e wikitoria taku wikitoria. "