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Rh We suppose Douglas owns neither the railroad trains he travels on, nor the people whom he addresses. We hope Mr. Lincoln will answer Senator Douglas at every point. If he will not invite him to address the same audiences, Lincoln will have the "closing argument" to meetings of his own.

According to authority quoted in the Senator's Springfield speech, "there is no law against it."

[Peoria, Illinois, correspondence to the Philadelphia Press, August 4, 1858]

[Illinois State Register, September 25, 1858]

"WHO FURNISHES THE AUDIENCES?"

[New York Herald, August 3, 1858]

DOUGLAS AND LINCOLN ON THE STUMP

Lincoln was present during the delivery of the speech, sitting immediately in front of Senator Douglas, but rendered invisible from the stand by a gentle-