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FROM CHICAGO; Second Day of the Republican National Convention; THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM; Predominance of the Seward Interest (5/18/1860)
New York Times archives - Times Machine ^
| 5/18/1860
Posted on 05/18/2020 6:21:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. CHICAGO, Thursday, May 17. The Convention has made decided progress today. It has acted upon the credentials of members; designated the vote which each State shall have; adopted rules and an order of business, and laid down the platform of the party. The details of all these movements will reach you by telegraph to the Associated Press.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
Free Republic University, Department of History presents
U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harpers Ferry, the election of 1860, secession all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts
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Link to previous New York Times thread
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posted on
05/18/2020 6:22:09 AM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
From Chicago 2
Proceedings of the Convention 2-3
Action of the German Republicans 3
Gossip From Chicago 3-4
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posted on
05/18/2020 6:23:30 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
These are so great, thanks so much for posting all of these!
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posted on
05/18/2020 6:34:27 AM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: aynrandfreak
Glad you are enjoying them. It’s a long way to Appomattox. I hope I have enough luck and stamina to get there.
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posted on
05/18/2020 7:16:03 AM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I commend to all on this thread, this
recreation of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech just 3 months prior. Spoken by actor Sam Waterston on 5 May 2004 at Cooper Union, he was able to voice-act the recitation into the Illinois/Midwest accent and higher voice register that supposedly matches Lincoln's voice. Oh, to have contemporary recordings from him & Daniel Webster & other such giants.
This speech, speaking to fatal flaws of 'Popular Sovereignty' in Federal Territories as espoused by his home state rival, Sen. Stephen A Douglas, is absolutely AMAZING. This b/w video is 88 minutes but the 1st 6 minutes is, IMHO, skippable. At 7 minutes, the Lincoln scholar, Harold Holzer, author of a 2004 book on this speech and its positive results for Mr. Lincoln, spends a very worthwhile 9 minutes setting the stage for this vetting performance by candidate Lincoln. You then get 68+ minutes of a bravura performance, both the original and this modern day replication. ENJOY!
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posted on
05/18/2020 7:59:38 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Please add me to the ping list.
Thanks
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posted on
05/18/2020 3:57:34 PM PDT
by
Hieronymus
(“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.Â)
To: Hieronymus
You are on for tomorrow. Welcome aboard.
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posted on
05/18/2020 6:55:48 PM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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