When did Abraham Lincoln give the Lincoln-Douglas Debate speech?

They Got Married November 4, 1842 in Spring Feild Illinois The famous Lincoln/Douglas debates began at the Illinois State Fair on October 3rd and 4th 1854. After much insisting, by the then former congressman A. Lincoln, Douglas would begin the debate on October 3rd; on October 4th the private citizen would respond. This would be the beginning of a series of fierce debates fought between these two amazing orators, collectively given the title the Lincoln/Douglas debates. Alton, IL