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Pamphlet entitled "Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Delivered in Springfield, Saturday Evening, July 17, 1858." Published anonymously without wrappers, 6.25 x 9.5, 8 pages (uncut). A scarce separate printing of a momentous speech from Lincoln's senatorial campaign against Stephen Douglas, in which he traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality, expressing his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to nationalize slavery and strip all peoples of their civil rights. He urges that slavery be placed on course for "ultimate extinction," reiterating his warning that "a house divided against itself can not stand." In a prelude to the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln offers further attacks against Stephen Douglas and defends himself by stating that he supports the principles of equality put forth in the Declaration of Independence. In very good to fine condition, with light wrinkling, subtle dampstaining, and partial splits to folds.
