The joint debates between Lincoln and Douglas were attended by crowds
of people, and the arrival of both at the places of speaking were in the
nature of a triumphal procession. In these processions there were many
banners bearing catch-phrases and mottoes expressing the sentiment of the
people on the candidates and the issues.
The following were some of the mottoes on the Lincoln banners:
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|Westward the star of empire takes its way; |
|The girls link on to Lincoln, their mothers were for Clay.|
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|Abe, the Giant-Killer.|
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|Edgar County for the Tall Sucker.|
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|Free Territories and Free Men, |
| Free Pulpits and Free Preachers,|
|Free Press and a Free Pen, |
| Free Schools and Free Teachers. |
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