What was the main issue they were debating over? in the alien and sedition

Sedition Act Debate

But the Federalist majority pushed it through, arguing that English and American courts had long punished seditious libel under common law, and that freedom of speech must be balanced with an individual's responsibility for false statements. Adams signed the Sedition Act into law on July 14, 1798.Nov 9, 2009

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besides the fact that abraham lincoln abolished slavery, and greatly benefit black people, he had a heavy impact of the definition of what democracy was, and should be.