[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s 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

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

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Link to previous New York Times thread

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[aynrandfreak]

These are so great, thanks so much for posting all of these!

[SES1066]

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!