Speech at a Republican Banquet
…. The President then read the first regular toast: “1st THE UNION — The North will maintain it — the South will not depart therefrom” Hon. Abram Lincoln of Springfield,
…. The President then read the first regular toast: “1st THE UNION — The North will maintain it — the South will not depart therefrom” Hon. Abram Lincoln of Springfield,
Mr. Cuyler:–I am filled with deep emotion at finding myself standing here in the place where were collected together the wisdom, the patriotism, the devotion to principle, from which sprang

My Fellow Citizens: —On yesterday evening, upon the occasion of the reception given to Senator Douglas, I was furnished with a seat very convenient for hearing him, and was otherwise

Neely, Mark E. Jr. 1982. The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc. https://nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate2.htm From the original source: It was a cloudy, cool, and damp day. Special trains brought

Mr. Douglas’s Speech LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Four years ago I appeared before the people of Knox county for the purpose of defending my political action upon the Compromise measures of

Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860]. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln3 Note from the original source: Senator Douglas’s two speeches take from the Chicago Times; Mr. Lincoln’s from

If A. can prove, however conclusively, that he may, of right, enslave B.—why may not B. snatch the same argument, and prove equally, that he may enslave A?— You say

Source: Abraham Lincoln, address delivered at Gettysburg, PA, November 19, 1863, https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.24404500/. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. The year that is drawing toward its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful