Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning PointStackpole Books, 2008 M06 13 - 400 páginas The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history. Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois. |
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... February wrote to the editor of the Illinois State Register: “The principles of this bill will form the test of Parties, and the only alternative is to stand with the Democracy [the Democratic Party] or to rally under [New Yorkers ...
... February wrote to the editor of the Illinois State Register: “The principles of this bill will form the test of Parties, and the only alternative is to stand with the Democracy [the Democratic Party] or to rally under [New Yorkers ...
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... February 1840—at a Whig meeting to celebrate the nomination of William Henry Harrison for president. “Lincoln here rose and made just such a speech as would be expected from a gentlemen [sic] of his high reputation for argument and ...
... February 1840—at a Whig meeting to celebrate the nomination of William Henry Harrison for president. “Lincoln here rose and made just such a speech as would be expected from a gentlemen [sic] of his high reputation for argument and ...
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... February 1861. It was then traditional for presidential candidates to be circumspect, but Senator Douglas criss-crossed the country in the 1860 election—defying precedent. Lincoln maintained that the policy positions of the 66 LINCOLN ...
... February 1861. It was then traditional for presidential candidates to be circumspect, but Senator Douglas criss-crossed the country in the 1860 election—defying precedent. Lincoln maintained that the policy positions of the 66 LINCOLN ...
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... February 3, 1854, Chase took the Senate floor to offer an extended defense of the Appeal. Obliquely, he referred to President Pierce's 1853 inaugural statement by observing that “the country was at peace” The Kansas-Nebraska Act: The ...
... February 3, 1854, Chase took the Senate floor to offer an extended defense of the Appeal. Obliquely, he referred to President Pierce's 1853 inaugural statement by observing that “the country was at peace” The Kansas-Nebraska Act: The ...
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... February 6. “I care little for that; for, if an undying hatred to slavery constitutes an Abolitionist, I am that Abolitionist. If man's determination, at all times and at all hazards, to the last extremity, to resist the extension of ...
... February 6. “I care little for that; for, if an undying hatred to slavery constitutes an Abolitionist, I am that Abolitionist. If man's determination, at all times and at all hazards, to the last extremity, to resist the extension of ...
Contenido
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THE IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS 101 | 101 |
V THE ROAD FROM PEORIA 153 | 153 |
VI CHALLENGING DRED SCOTT THE SUPREME COURT AND DOUGLAS 189 | 189 |
VII PEORIA CHARACTERIZES THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY 217 | 217 |
VIII CODA 257 | 257 |
Full Text of Speech at Peoria Illinois 289 | 289 |
Acknowledgments 329 | 329 |
Milestones in the Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas 341 | 341 |
Notes 352 | 352 |
Bibliography 382 | 382 |
Index 396 | 396 |
Back Cover | 413 |
IX THE PEORIA SPEECH AND THE HISTORIANS RECORD 269 | 269 |
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Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
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