Abraham Lincoln Goes to New YorkStory of the country lawyer's first trip to sophisticated New York, and full text of famous Cooper Union speech he delivered there February 27, 1860. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 10
Page 47
... divided against itself cannot stand . ' I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be ...
... divided against itself cannot stand . ' I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be ...
Page 77
... Divided " speech , Seward made an address in which he said the slavery struggle was " an irrepressible conflict between opposing and en- during forces and it means that the United States must and will , sooner or later , become entirely ...
... Divided " speech , Seward made an address in which he said the slavery struggle was " an irrepressible conflict between opposing and en- during forces and it means that the United States must and will , sooner or later , become entirely ...
Page 148
... Divided " speech on Douglas , pages 306- 307 ; Douglas ' confession of apprehension , page 307 ; and Lincoln's reply to his friends ' misgivings , page 310. Ray- mond's remark is from Browne's Everyday Life , 1913 edi- tion , Browne ...
... Divided " speech on Douglas , pages 306- 307 ; Douglas ' confession of apprehension , page 307 ; and Lincoln's reply to his friends ' misgivings , page 310. Ray- mond's remark is from Browne's Everyday Life , 1913 edi- tion , Browne ...
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Baldwin Abraham Lincoln Astor House audience biographer Bowen Brady Briggs Broadway Bryant called candidate cheers Chicago coln coln's committee Congress Cooper Institute Cooper Union Court David Dudley Field declare Democrat election fathers who framed February February 27 federal authority Federal Government federal territories ferry Five Points forbade the Federal framed the Government framed the original friends George Palmer Putnam Government to control Greeley Henry Ward Beecher Herndon Hibben insurrection James John later lecture Lincoln of Illinois Lincoln's letter live Mason Brayman McCormick Medill Miss Tarbell Missouri Compromise nation never Nott original Constitution Plymouth Church political President presidential prohibit slavery proper division question quoted Railroad reply Republican Union Sandburg Seward slavery in federal slaves speak Springfield story Street TAILOR thirty-nine thought tion told took understanding United votes wanted Washington William William Cullen Bryant words wrong wrote York Tribune