The following extracts are taken from various speeches of mine delivered at various times and places; and I believe the[y] contain the substance of all I have ever said about ``negro equality'' The first three are from my answer to Judge Douglas, Oct. 16, 1854- at Peoria.
[The extracts are as follows: seven paragraphs beginning, ``This is the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. . . .''; five paragraphs beginning, ``Judge Douglas frequently, with bitter irony and sarcasm.. . .''; paragraph beginning, ``In the course of his reply, Senator Douglas remarked. . . .'']
The fourth extract is from a speech delivered June 26- 1857, at Springfield.
[Two paragraphs beginning, ``I think the authors of that notable instrument. . . .'']
The following marked 5---is from my speech at Chicago, July 10. 1858. Because garbled extracts are often taken from this speech, I have given the whole which touches ``negro equality.''
[Concluding paragraphs of the speech beginning, ``We were often---more than once, at least---in the course of Judge Douglas' speech last night. . . .'']
The following marked 6, was brought in immediately, after reading the first extract in this scrap-book, in the first joint meeting with Judge Douglas, Aug. 21. 1858 at Ottawa.