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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay: Douglas. Every one felt the fitness of his making the closing
speech--and right nobly did he honor the demand. The spell of the
hour was visibly upon him. Standing upon the platform before the
members of the convention, his tall figure drawn up to its full
height, his head thrown back, and his voice ringing with
earnestness, he denounced the evil they had to fight in a speech
whose force and power carried his hearers by storm, ending with a
brilliant appeal to all who loved liberty and justice to
Come as the winds come when forests are rended;
Come as the waves come when navies are stranded;
and unite with the Republican party against this great wrong.
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