Looks like @PatrickMcHenry read Sid Blumenthal’s latest Lincoln book (which is excellent). This part at the end about Stephen Douglas probably came from there
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/powerpost/divided-congress-unable-to-act-on-guns-immigration-despite-public-pressure/2018/02/17/e4700392-133b-11e8-8ea1-c1d91fcec3fe_story.html …
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Did you ask @pkcapitol? Conventional history gives all the credit to Clay
7:02 PM - 18 Feb 2018
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