A noblemen, they were the only ones who could afford it
<span>the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.</span>
The general subject in all of the 7 debates between Lincoln and Douglas was slavery, which was an extremely hot issue then.
Demand for English goods rose in South Africa, there were bitter protests in the US and New England commercial centers. Also, the Federalist Party gained a vast amount of support and there were huge gains in their representation in Congress and the electoral college in 1808.
