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38 The battle in the street below was kept up for some ten minutes with various results,—one man being knocked down with the butt end of a whip, and a driver being pulled off his seat three times in five minutes. The horses were finally extricated and Mr. Douglas commenced.

[Daily Herald, Quiney, Illinois, July 16, 1858]

THE DIFFERENCES

[Missouri Republican, St. Louis, July 12, 1858]

RECEPTION AND SPEECH OF SENATOR DOUGLAS

, July 9, 11

At the Douglas meeting, Lincoln was accorded the courtesy of "a good seat," as he said, and, according to