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of liberty, the political speeches and writings of abraham lincoln, lincoln's america, and lincoln's dream clashing political perspectives. do you write anything that doesn't have lincoln in the title? no. we appreciate that. and i will mention you, those of you who are here in attendance at the lincoln forum here in, gettysburg, that joseph fornieri is also a talented guitarist. and if you are lucky, you can sometimes catch an impromptu performance by professor fournier in the windham bar after the festivities have ended for the day. it's a rumor. now we've got evidence. you're not. you're very good. ronald white is well known to both lincoln forum attendees and those with his publications on and civil war era topics. he is the author of two new york times bestselling presidential biographies lincoln a biography fee and american ulysses a life of ulysses grant, among other works. he's also the author of several additional books on abraham lincoln, including lincoln's speech, the second inaugural, the president a portrait of lincoln through his words and lincoln in private, what his
of liberty, the political speeches and writings of abraham lincoln, lincoln's america, and lincoln's dream clashing political perspectives. do you write anything that doesn't have lincoln in the title? no. we appreciate that. and i will mention you, those of you who are here in attendance at the lincoln forum here in, gettysburg, that joseph fornieri is also a talented guitarist. and if you are lucky, you can sometimes catch an impromptu performance by professor fournier in the windham bar...
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lincoln of the hustings, the husk only. the lincoln of history. it took four fearful years to give the event its true relations and right proportions and was not until the veil was drawn by an assassin's hand that the real lincoln was revealed. he concluded that the delegate had been unconscious instruments of a higher power. so much had to come together for lincoln that. i think the word miracle is not an exaggeration. well, that's whirlwind tour through the book and i'm so grateful to all of you coming out and listening to this. thank you very much. thank you so much. thank you. and i'd be delighted to answer questions, which is usually the most interesting part of these presentations. let's start over here. thank you. jeffrey bagwell from columbia, maryland. first timer, wooden, cassius. ever been a more appealing vice presidential candidate than hannibal hamlin? yes. the question is wouldn't cassius clay have been more a more appealing candidate? he might well have been, but what happened with hannibal hamlin was the delegates were in a panic
lincoln of the hustings, the husk only. the lincoln of history. it took four fearful years to give the event its true relations and right proportions and was not until the veil was drawn by an assassin's hand that the real lincoln was revealed. he concluded that the delegate had been unconscious instruments of a higher power. so much had to come together for lincoln that. i think the word miracle is not an exaggeration. well, that's whirlwind tour through the book and i'm so grateful to all of...
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his loyalty to lincoln. complete, absolute. lincoln shafted him in 1860. he did not give him a federal job he coveted. and when carter tried to troops in illinois lincoln actually told him he was embarrassing him because he didn't have enough supplies for all the regiments that had volunteered. ultimately, the best he can do is follow schertz as ambassador to madrid or to spain. when schertz comes back to raise a regiment and kerner was jealous of schertz for sure. schertz was highly influenced among the republican germans and protestant germans. yes, he had lots of enemies. he got a lot of help from media. oh, he was a darling of the media. he knew how to play it. and kerner was, you know, but he carter was the first german to be lieutenant governor of illinois, loyal lincoln supporter. i think as always is a complicated question. you talking about early germans many of whom are catholic the protestant wave that comes after the revolutions of 1848 are largely practiced. and there's an argument about whether 1860 they're 50, 50 or 6040. i they tend more to
his loyalty to lincoln. complete, absolute. lincoln shafted him in 1860. he did not give him a federal job he coveted. and when carter tried to troops in illinois lincoln actually told him he was embarrassing him because he didn't have enough supplies for all the regiments that had volunteered. ultimately, the best he can do is follow schertz as ambassador to madrid or to spain. when schertz comes back to raise a regiment and kerner was jealous of schertz for sure. schertz was highly influenced...
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the lincoln assassination. lincoln didn't know him well at all. there were rumors that he had been drunk during lincoln's inauguration. vice presidents generally were considered secondary figures. and so that that's the preamble to who? andrew was, the actor who plays him was incredible. the first time i laid eyes on him, i thought, did they hire a lookalike that's how andrew johnson was. but so he was not a major figure. he absented himself if he came to lincoln's to the deathbed vigil, the peterson house, he didn't stay long we're not sure if he went or not. he was not visible during manhunt. it was it was really stanton and not johnson who organized the manhunt for booth and fought the end of the civil war. the vice president was not that much an important figure and there was conflict him and lincoln. and between stanton and so that's who andrew johnson was. let's return to the manhunt itself. we left off as john wilkes booth at dr. mudd's house, getting his leg attended to. how long did he stay and where did he go from there? well, he stayed
the lincoln assassination. lincoln didn't know him well at all. there were rumors that he had been drunk during lincoln's inauguration. vice presidents generally were considered secondary figures. and so that that's the preamble to who? andrew was, the actor who plays him was incredible. the first time i laid eyes on him, i thought, did they hire a lookalike that's how andrew johnson was. but so he was not a major figure. he absented himself if he came to lincoln's to the deathbed vigil, the...
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he's right behind abraham lincoln. lincoln sees somn e audience. lincoln leans forward to see what's going on. so lincoln doubt is presenting the rear left of his head to the sightline of john wilkes booth. booth has to do nothing but take the opportunity out of his pocket. aim it forward. he can almost lincoln's head with a pistol and he fires that one shot and lincoln slumps down. he doesn't know what hit him. lincoln doesn't even hear the shot. he's unconscious immediately because the bullet enters behind his lift, air goes diagonally through his brain and comes to rest behind his right eye. and then major rathbone, one of lincoln's theater guests, leaps up. he realizes something is wrong. booth shouts, freedom, freedom to the south. and then booth withdraws a dagger and stabs rather deeply through his arm. rathbone is bleeding. booth then goes to the balustrade. he slides over and he jumps down. now, normally i'd make that shot with no problem, but his spirit catches on either flag or on a portrait of george washington hanging from the front of
he's right behind abraham lincoln. lincoln sees somn e audience. lincoln leans forward to see what's going on. so lincoln doubt is presenting the rear left of his head to the sightline of john wilkes booth. booth has to do nothing but take the opportunity out of his pocket. aim it forward. he can almost lincoln's head with a pistol and he fires that one shot and lincoln slumps down. he doesn't know what hit him. lincoln doesn't even hear the shot. he's unconscious immediately because the bullet...
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lincoln received david herbert, the great lincoln biographer, estimated lincoln received between two and 300 letters a day. we think our inboxes are full every day, right? lincoln's was very full and he had private secretary aides who worked under the rule refer as little to the president as possible. so they would always try screen the letters and send them to someone who could handle it first. oftentimes would then wind up back at the white house. and if it was a matter that lincoln needed to deal with, it was a pardon request, then that letter would eventually get to lincoln and he would deal with it. lincoln would often take the advice of his. he had people he trusted giving him advice. and so they might look into the content of a letter, figure out what the background was and then say to lincoln, we think this is what should happen, this case. and often he took their advice, although not always right. last question for this round. keep them coming. were any of the black soldiers who wrote to lincoln ever invited to the white house to discuss requests? that's a great question. i
lincoln received david herbert, the great lincoln biographer, estimated lincoln received between two and 300 letters a day. we think our inboxes are full every day, right? lincoln's was very full and he had private secretary aides who worked under the rule refer as little to the president as possible. so they would always try screen the letters and send them to someone who could handle it first. oftentimes would then wind up back at the white house. and if it was a matter that lincoln needed to...
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lincoln. lincoln didn't know who she was. that letter is buried in the national archives. he didn't keep that one. the mother in law and the the wife were working together to try to get appleton released. even they actually hated one another at this point. eventually the federal government decided to move william seward decided to move appleton to fort warren because they believed it would be to get a conviction in a court than in a new york city court. and appleton, at this point didn't know why he was moved to fort warren on christmas day, 1861. appleton there with a lot of other political prisoners, members of the maryland state legislature, and all these political prisoners just hated william seward and the way they celebrated christmas in 1861 was they made up a doll that looked like seward and they put him on trial for treason against the united states for destroying the constitution. they put him on trial. they had judge and a jury and they found him guilty. then they executed the littl
lincoln. lincoln didn't know who she was. that letter is buried in the national archives. he didn't keep that one. the mother in law and the the wife were working together to try to get appleton released. even they actually hated one another at this point. eventually the federal government decided to move william seward decided to move appleton to fort warren because they believed it would be to get a conviction in a court than in a new york city court. and appleton, at this point didn't know...
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lincoln to. but again, not james brookes and buchanan likes and he makes the comment when this comes out this decision so full explicit establish the right the master to take his slaves into the territory and hold them there. and despite of all conflicting congressional or territorial legislation, what does the constitution say? what are the law say? what are the court say? that's what was going to be the hallmark for james buchanan as president of united states. don't expect him to go outside of those guardrails? well, the issue in kansas continues to to rile up they've gone from a territorial legislature now to the point where they're actually getting ready to apply statehood. time for another election. they're going to elect delegates to a state constitutional convention to write constitution so that they can become a state. same story again. is it going to be a pro-slavery group or a free state group that comes together to get the pen in their hand, to write this constant tution? well, this t
lincoln to. but again, not james brookes and buchanan likes and he makes the comment when this comes out this decision so full explicit establish the right the master to take his slaves into the territory and hold them there. and despite of all conflicting congressional or territorial legislation, what does the constitution say? what are the law say? what are the court say? that's what was going to be the hallmark for james buchanan as president of united states. don't expect him to go outside...
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lincoln. lincoln speech to the young men of springfield was called the perpetuation of our institute. as a more conservative sounding title, impossible to imagine a and this is what he said in part let every american by the blood of the revolution never to violate in the leastcular of the laws of the country. let every man remember that to vile hate the to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own and hidren's liberty. let reverence for the laws be breathed by every american moo the lisping babe that prattles olap. in short, let it become the politicagion of the nation and let the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. now, that sounds and has sometimes been represented, then used by scholars to indicate a staunchly conservative defense of the state as quote and up to a point, it was. but what we really see here, i think, is lincoln taking a conserv
lincoln. lincoln speech to the young men of springfield was called the perpetuation of our institute. as a more conservative sounding title, impossible to imagine a and this is what he said in part let every american by the blood of the revolution never to violate in the leastcular of the laws of the country. let every man remember that to vile hate the to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own and hidren's liberty. let reverence for the laws be breathed by...
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battle, but he was very insulting to lincoln, very rude to lincoln. and yet lincoln didn't take any of it personally. and in time, of course, he fired mcclellan ultimately found the general who could win the war. and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was incredibly generous in his pardons as the war was coming to a he had a magnum almost attitude toward the confederacy he wanted them to come back to the union. he wanted people to lock again as they had been long before. the slavery crisis arose and so had a very magnanimous attitude toward the confederacy. and last but not least, he had a very magnanimous toward his wife, mary. mary was, just a shrew. she was smart. she ambitious, and thus fueled lincoln's rise. so they shared that in common. he recognized at the very outset, in fact, when they start that inch here's thi
battle, but he was very insulting to lincoln, very rude to lincoln. and yet lincoln didn't take any of it personally. and in time, of course, he fired mcclellan ultimately found the general who could win the war. and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was...
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the assassination of lincoln. yeah. i think not only was that a terrible tragedy for the united states, but to have lincoln, you know, it's like one of those strange things in american history. so the best presidents role is replaced by someone who was and you begin with somebody like lincoln who really by the who was a moderate anti slavery politician. but by the end of his life is at really supporting becomes the first american president so to support black citizenship the right of some black men to vote and then you get someone like andrew johnson who becomes president and who immediately gives the defeated south the the sort of the energy and the will to resist the results of the war and about the patient. and you have this, you know, the formation of the ku klux klan, and you have wholesale terror against black people. the black codes in the south that try to put african-americans who as close state of slavery as possible. i think johnson that interregnum was fatal. but of course he was overthrow right. his his ide
the assassination of lincoln. yeah. i think not only was that a terrible tragedy for the united states, but to have lincoln, you know, it's like one of those strange things in american history. so the best presidents role is replaced by someone who was and you begin with somebody like lincoln who really by the who was a moderate anti slavery politician. but by the end of his life is at really supporting becomes the first american president so to support black citizenship the right of some black...
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and, so the lincoln tunnel is started. derricks and steam shovels get underway, so they chalk the core core. build off for. they must be sharp at all times, but it is necessary to drill solid rock. powerful compressors are installed to counteract the of water and silt. all tunneling is done in compressed air chamber. men, most important of all are, now selected to work under compressed air. a hard and dangerous job every precaution is taken to safeguard them under pressure. work is strain on heart and lung. there is danger also of contracting a known let's called the ben applicant are tested a hospital. but this sensation is similar to that of deep sea diving. he is holding his nose, blowing through his mouth to open up passage leading from throat here, thereby equalizing the air pressure against his eardrum. this man has now passed. his test is called sand hawk and receives the compressed air workers back, which will wear at all time. and. a case our huge steel box has been fabricated in a shipyard launch load up the rive
and, so the lincoln tunnel is started. derricks and steam shovels get underway, so they chalk the core core. build off for. they must be sharp at all times, but it is necessary to drill solid rock. powerful compressors are installed to counteract the of water and silt. all tunneling is done in compressed air chamber. men, most important of all are, now selected to work under compressed air. a hard and dangerous job every precaution is taken to safeguard them under pressure. work is strain on...
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this is also what lincoln says in peoria and and in the lincoln-douglas debates. he is is certainly prefer only morally opposed to enslavement. but he is his response to to douglas's invocation of popular sovereignty is also that this is in fact a national issue that should be decided by by the people by by by one nation. not not by local majorities. you referred now and in your remarks before the national majorities. and i wanted to delve into that a bit, because it's true that madison and lincoln were both focused on the the importance and the sovereignty of national majorities under our constitution. but it wasn't national majorities for their own sake so much in either case. right. madison, when he's urging the creation. of a new constitution that empowers national majorities, so much of it is for the of protecting individual liberty in the states to make sure that the states are the factions aren't oppressing individuals in the states. and the same with lincoln of choruses for his first inaugural he's calling for national democracy. one of the key examples he
this is also what lincoln says in peoria and and in the lincoln-douglas debates. he is is certainly prefer only morally opposed to enslavement. but he is his response to to douglas's invocation of popular sovereignty is also that this is in fact a national issue that should be decided by by the people by by by one nation. not not by local majorities. you referred now and in your remarks before the national majorities. and i wanted to delve into that a bit, because it's true that madison and...
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concise lincoln series, which has just won the lincoln forum's wendy allen for its accomplishment in so many memorable brief lincoln volumes over the. edited, i should say, just a little advertisement by john's amazing wife sylvia rodrigue. his latest book is freedom's crescent the civil war and the destruction of slavery in the lower mississippi valley. so now, jake bryan and john, please take away. thank you, harold. thank you, everybody, for being here. it's a great honor to be able to speak at this form in the organization. this panel, with my two esteemed colleagues. i will be speaking for about 5 minutes to try to give an overall sense of what i'm doing in this book, even though it's 500 pages. so i guess that's about hundred pages per minute is i have. so i'll just give you an overview and this way that will lead to a general conversation on this topic. okay. as the subtitle suggests it indicates, it's the civil war and the destruction of slavery in the lower mississippi valley. and so in essence, what this book is, it's study of emancipation and the abolition of slavery in th
concise lincoln series, which has just won the lincoln forum's wendy allen for its accomplishment in so many memorable brief lincoln volumes over the. edited, i should say, just a little advertisement by john's amazing wife sylvia rodrigue. his latest book is freedom's crescent the civil war and the destruction of slavery in the lower mississippi valley. so now, jake bryan and john, please take away. thank you, harold. thank you, everybody, for being here. it's a great honor to be able to speak...
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lincoln? and lincoln thought about it for a minute and he said, to hell, i suppose. so. anyway. but they, he he showed up for this wedding. they got married and by all accounts, he was a good father to their children, but he wasn't necessarily a good husband to her. is that all right? yeah, i know. so everybody wants to hear a harding letter, so. oh, yeah. now, the harding. harding is the most notorious president we have in the book and probably ever. he not only was a tremendously well his is strayed a lot from his wife the she was older tha he was and she she ran the he iginally was a newsper editor and owner of a newspaper in marion, ohio. and when he was sick, she took over the newspaper and managed to make it more much more profitable than it was. she initiated the idea there of having newsboys deliver the newspaper. one of the newsboys was oh, it was the what's his name? that was the the socialist cover back norman thomas. norman thomas. so he delivered newspapers for the hardings newspaper, the marion star. now, he also had many mistresses and some of them obeyed his caut
lincoln? and lincoln thought about it for a minute and he said, to hell, i suppose. so. anyway. but they, he he showed up for this wedding. they got married and by all accounts, he was a good father to their children, but he wasn't necessarily a good husband to her. is that all right? yeah, i know. so everybody wants to hear a harding letter, so. oh, yeah. now, the harding. harding is the most notorious president we have in the book and probably ever. he not only was a tremendously well his is...