The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04471.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 |
| Title | The Cooper Union Address given by Abraham Lincoln in the Great Hall of The Cooper Union in New York February 27, 1860 |
| Date | 1960 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | With an introduction written by Leroy H. Buckingham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, The Cooper Union. Published by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1960. Buckingham's introduction discusses Lincoln's political background and the events and issues leading up to the speech. In the address, Lincoln discusses the most pressing issue of the day, slavery, and attacks the view put forth by Stephen Douglas and others that slavery was founded by the forefathers of the country. He examines the views of the 39 signers of the Constitution and notes that at least 21of them believed that Congress should control slavery in the U. S. territories, not allow it to expand. Lincoln proposes that the Republican stance of the time was not revolutionary, but similar to the views of the country's forefathers, and therefore should not alarm Southerners, who opposed the Republican agenda. |
| Subjects | President Presidential Speeches and Proclamations Election Republican Party Politics Slavery African American History Government and Civics US Constitution Westward Expansion |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Buckingham, Leroy H. (fl. 1960) Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The Presidency; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Before giving this speech, Lincoln was virtually unknown in New York though he had held debates against Douglas in 1858. This speech, sponsored by the Young Men's Republican Union in New York, is widely credited as the speech that got Lincoln the presidential nomination. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |