stephen douglass actually ends up campaigning. it's very unusual. this is sort of out of the norm that he goes to the south to campaign. and and some folks look down on him because as part of sort of the standard of american respectability politics, you do not campaign for yourself. but douglass, just a little bit of this and mostly what happens is that other people cpan for you. and one of the places this happens is through newspapers. as i mentioned, newspapers were a newspaper editors and newspaper writers were politicians in this period, and newspapers were political. they were openly political. they were expected to be political. our norms today about what is sort of fair or biased or whatever is sort of the standard for what journalism should look like. it's just not something that existed in the 19th century. people didn't expect newspapers to work that way. newspapers had a very particular way of operating where they would be connected. nine times out of ten to a particular candidate. so there were lincoln papers. there were douglass papers.

stephen douglass actually ends up campaigning. it's very unusual. this is sort of out of the norm that he goes to the south to campaign. and and some folks look down on him because as part of sort of the standard of american respectability politics, you do not campaign for yourself. but douglass, just a little bit of this and mostly what happens is that other peop cpaign for you. and one of the places this happens is through newspapers. as i mentioned, newspapers were a newspaper editors and newspaper writers were politicians in this period, and newspapers were political. they were openly political. they were expected to be political. our norms today about what is sort of fair or biased or whatever is sort of the standard for what journalism should look like. it's just not something that existed in the 19th century. people didn't expect newspapers to work that way. newspapers had a very particular way of operating where they would be connected. nine times out of ten to a particular candidate. so there were lincoln papers. there were douglass papers.

abraham lincoln defeated several other candidates including senator stephen douglass to become the first republican elected president. before he took office, several states in the southern u.s. pulled out of the union leading to the civil war. watch historic presidential ons,aturdays at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span2. s debate. janice in new york city, a supporter of vice president harris. caller: good morning. i support vice president harris. i wish she would have spoken more on certain issues. she should have brought up jared and his $3 billion in what he is continuing to make. she should have brought up all the books they still. the money trump made from the government when he was billing them for things, the secret service staying at his hotels. two thirds of single family homes are not on by corporations. the same corporations he's giving tax breaks to. they are the ones making the economy bad. it is not biden. it was the tax breaks. i think she should have also brought up the fact that as far as immigration goes, it is not that is being that it is being run ov

abraham lincoln defeated several other candidates including senator stephen douglass to become the firstepublican elected president. before he took office, several states in the southern u.s. pulled out of the union leading to the civil war. watch historic presidential ons,aturdays at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span2. s debate. janice in new york city, a