This Week in History October 7, 1858 The fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate is held in Galesburg, Illinois. October 8, 1839 Lincoln is chosen as a presidential elector at the Illinois State Whig Convention. October 11, 1860 Lincoln is cheered by a Wide Awakes parade going past his home in Springfield, Illinois. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union." --Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859

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