The style of debating where each side presents an argument gets its name from the 1858 debates in Illinois between U.S. Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

1858年，美国联邦参议院候选人林肯和道格拉斯在伊利诺伊州进行了多次辩论，双方在辩论中各自提出自己的观点。 后来，人们把这种辩论方式称为林肯-道格拉斯式的辩论。

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The style of debating where each side presents an argument gets its name from the 1858 debates in Illinois between U. S. Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

这种两边代表各执一词进行辩论的方式，其名字来自于1858年伊利诺斯州美国参议员亚伯拉罕·林肯和斯蒂芬·道格拉斯的辩论。

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Buchanan's chief opponent on the statehood bill was a member of his own Democratic Party, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

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Stephen Douglas united other Democrats and members of the anti-slavery Republican Party to fight against the bill in the Senate.

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The steamer Lady Elgin was carrying passengers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Chicago to hear a speech by Democratic presidential candidate Stephen Douglas.

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In the election that followed, Lincoln was trounced in the city by a Democratic opponent, Stephen Douglas, who championed a more nuanced approach to slavery that let states set moral standards of their own.

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