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The compliment was fully warranted; the personal interest in Lincoln increased daily from the beginning to the end of the great debates.
The Freeport doctrine and its effect upon the Democratic party gave these discussions both present significance and a growing interest for the future.

Another friend wrote him, a few days after election: "You have made a noble canvass, which, if unavailing in this State, has earned you a national reputation, and made you friends everywhere." [Sidenote] Delahay to Lincoln, March 15, 1859.

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[Sidenote] Dorsheimer to Chase, Sept.

12, 1859.

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[Sidenote] Kasson to Lincoln, Sept.