[Junior]

...an essentially evolutionary argument.

Dude, check the date of the debate: August 21, 1858. Darwin did not publish until 1859.

[r9etb]

Dude, check the date of the debate: August 21, 1858. Darwin did not publish until 1859.

Dude, the Declarations of Secession which you dismiss weren't published until 1861.

[RustMartialis]

Dude, check the date of the debate: August 21, 1858. Darwin did not publish until 1859.

Maybe Old Abe got a pre-print.

--R.