{"id":3205,"date":"2025-07-17T11:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/?page_id=3205"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:40:33","slug":"lincoln-and-republicans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/lincoln-and-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln and Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our political problem now is \u201cCan we, as a nation, continue together permanently\u2013forever\u2013half slave, and half free?\u201d The problem is too mighty for me. May God, in his mercy, superintend the solution. —Abraham Lincoln, August 15, 1855<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lincoln, Douglass, and Self-Made Men<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Lincoln’s Light vs. Douglass’s Fire<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

\"Douglass<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lincoln<\/a><\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of the Declaration of Independence<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n

Sectional Crisis<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Why was the emergence of the Republican Party such a pivotal factor in the polarization of the nation’s sectional crisis over slavery?\u00a0 \u00a0The answer lies in part with the democratic dilemma –can majorities decide moral questions?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n