Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Lyman Trumbull merisịrị ya ná ntụliaka Senate nke 1856, Abraham Lincoln malitere ime atụmatụ ịlụso Douglas ọgụ ná ntụliaka Senate nke 1858. Lincoln jụrụ n'ụzọ siri ike atụmatụ iji soro Douglas rụkọọ ọrụ megide Buchanan, ma merie nhọpụta ndị Republican iji megide Douglas. N'ịnakwere nhọpụta ahụ, Lincoln wepụtara
Okwu E Kewara Ekewa n'Ụlọ, na-asị "Ụlọ nke kewara megide onwe ya apụghị iguzo. Ekwenyere m na ọchịchị a agaghị adịgide, ọkara ohu na ọkara onye nweere onwe ya. Anaghị m atụ anya na a ga-akwụsị ịdị n'otu, anaghị m atụ anya na Ụlọ Nzukọ a ga-ada, mana m na-atụ anya na ọ ga-akwụsị nkewa. Ọ ga-aghọ otu ihe, ma ọ bụ ihe ọzọ". Douglas jụrụ echiche Lincoln na United States enweghị ike ịnọgide na-ekewa n'ime steeti nweere onwe ya na steeti ohu, ma dọọ aka na ntị na Lincoln kpọrọ maka "agha nkewa, agha nke North megide South, nke steeti nweere onwe ha megide steeti ohu".