Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
The following year the American Civil War broke out when the slave-owning states of the South seceded from the Union. Lincoln announced that he denied them that right and that he would fight to preserve the Union whatever the cost.
In 1863, while the Civil War was still taking place, Lincoln issued a decree freeing all slaves in the Union.
In 1865 Lincoln was assassinated in Washington DC by John Wilkes Booth.
Government of the People, by the People, for the People
"...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
-- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863
The Gettysberg Address (COMPLETE TEXT)
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal".
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety, do. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow, this ground-- The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.
It is rather for us, the living, to stand here, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Congress, Not President, Able to Declare War
"Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary... and you allow him to make war at pleasure... To provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object."
-- Abraham Lincoln, 1848
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Amazon Price: $12.45 (as of 02/16/2012)
Ms. Goodwin has created a gem of a masterpiece with her most recent book on Lincoln. In the millions of pages already written on the subject, there are no books that I know of that do in essence, a character study on Lincoln and his cabinet members. The 754 page text is one of the best ever written regarding the true and underlying nature of those men who served with Lincoln in his cabinet.
While events and persons such as Antietam, Jefferson Davis, Fort Sumter, Maryland's secession attempt and many other events receive short shrift from Ms. Goodwin, this treatment is as it should be for her book concentrates on the personality and character of Lincoln and his cabinet.
While Lincoln never committed himself during the convention to any of his rivals in terms of cabinet positions, to gain votes for his eventual nomination; he voluntarily chose most of his cabinet from men who were his greatest rivals for the Presidency. He did this with clear and present knowledge that they were the best men for the jobs and the country at the time. The incredibly impressive exposition of the character of these men and especially that of Abraham Lincoln and his political and personal acumen in holding them together is given new life in this book.
Through careful reading and perusal of literally thousands of personal letters from cabinet members and from President Lincoln, Goodwin is able to put together a wonderfully clear and unique picture of the character of these men. In addition, she is able to paint a picture of each in words, and point out how their true character differed often from the public perception that abounded.
Ms. Goodwin should be noted for her fine and excruciating work in creating this book which will remain as a must read classic for Lincoln scholars of the present and the future. All of us who track the Lincoln Presidency, 140 years after its termination, are grateful for her assiduous work in creating this wonderful book.
Allan Pinkerton, President Abraham Lincoln, and Major General John A. McClernand at the Battle of Antietam, American Civil War,
A House Divided Against Itself
" 'A house 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. It will become all one thing or all the other."
-- Abraham Lincoln, 1858
More Books on (and by) Abraham Lincoln
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, 1864
Emancipation (Freedom for Slaves)
"All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."
-- Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, 1 January 1863
Good Websites on Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- An interesting pen portrait (with illustrations) on Abraham Lincoln, his life and his achievements. This article was originally published in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th Edition (1875).
- Lincoln and the American Civil War
- History and pictures on the American Civil War and Lincoln's role in it.
Public Sentiment
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."
-- Abraham Lincoln
With Malice Toward None
"With malice toward none, with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan-to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
-- Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865
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The Assassination of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, 1865
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- Yet Another Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Featurette. No, Really.
- The Tim Burton-produced, Timur Bekmambetov-directed horror adventure Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter stars Benjamin Walker, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Alan Tudyk, and Robin McLeavy.
- Abraham Lincoln girls cruise past TJ
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Statue of Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, United States
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