...presidency than a single question he posed in his second debate with Douglas later that year in Freeport: "Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of a citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?"...

...with the concept of "popular sovereignty." Lincoln's second question to Douglas, at Freeport, was, "Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation...

...he had won among Republicans as an enemy to slavery during the Lecompton fight would disappear. • Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation...