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Showing posts with label Stephen Douglas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephen Douglas. Show all posts
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Will Kansas be a Slave State, Published September 28, 1855

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The Hon. Theodore G. Hunt, of La., who was one of the few Southern Representatives in Congress that voted against the repeal of the Missouri...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Abraham Lincoln’s Speech from the Steps of the Capitol at Columbus, Ohio, February 13, 1861

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Ladies And Gentlemen : I appear before you only to address you very briefly. I shall do little else than to thank you for this very kind re...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Abraham Lincoln’s Address to the Mayor Bishop and the Citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, February 12, 1861

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Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen: Twenty-four hours ago, at the capital of Indiana. I said to myself I have never seen so many people assem...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

William H. Seward, April 25, 1860

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Washington , April 25, 1860. Our telegraphic advices from Charleston favor Douglas to-day. One can hardly realize that the once gr...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Diary of William Howard Russell: April 4, 1861

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I had a long interview with Mr. Seward today at the State Department. He set forth at great length the helpless condition in which the Pres...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Diary of William Howard Russell: Monday, April 1, 1861

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On Easter Monday, after breakfast with Mr. Olmsted, I drove over to visit Senator Douglas. Originally engaged in some mechanical avocation,...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Prospectus

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Since, in accordance with the views of many, every public act should follow a precedent in these days of trouble, and since no harm can acc...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech

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SPEECH IN ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION AS UNITED STATES SENATOR, MADE AT THE CLOSE OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION, SPRINGFIELD, ILL., JUNE 1...