And he argues that president lincoln was against slavery, but was willing to accept it in order to preserve the union. This is an hour and a half, hosted by the New York Historical society and the bryant park reading room. Thank you alex castle and paul room arrow. And thanks to the Bryant Park Corporation and the bryant park reading room, and the hsbc corporation and all those who have made it possible for me to appear here tonight. Its a particular privilege to speak here in new york city. Already, in 1860, as it remains today, new york was the nerve center of the nation. The herald, the tribune, the times, the three most influential and widely read newspapers in the United States, were publish right here. Each provides the historian with a wealth of insights, and each informs my presentation tonight. Here is what i am going to talk about. I focus on the fateful series of events in late 1860, and early 1861, when a president ial election triggered a grave crisis, and before long, a c
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 lilienth. Lincoln won the 1860 president ial election because he carried every free state except for a divided electoral vote in new jersey. So he compiled a clear majority in the Electoral College and as we all know, of course, it is electoral votes that count. He also amassed far more popular votes than any of the other three candidates. But his plurality victory gained only 40 of the nationwide popular vote. He got no electoral votes and hardly any popular votes in the south. He was not on the ball loballotn Southern States. As we have seen an articulate ideological minority of republicans did consider slavery a moral problem, but mainstream republican moderates always said slavery was beyond their reach. Lincolns victory shocked the south. Throughout the summer and fall political orators warned of catastrophe. A symbolic humiliation added to southern distress. The south contended for a supposed constitutional right the rig
Comer weighs in on President Trump firing back, bidens brand of d. C. Globalism, let companies hollow out and destroy american jobs. Representative comer will talk about niece that niece warning only President Trump can prevent another 9 11 and saying that america is not a racist country. Also with us, the hills joe concha. He will join us with even more biden flipflops and whoppers, now the media is increasingly factchecking joe biden. Kelly armstrong from house judiciary taking on former top fbi official peter strzok, fired for antitrump bias. He helped run the trump russia flynn probes. We have new statements. They are surprising ones from peter strzok. Federal lift editor Christopher Bedford, House Speaker nancy pelosi getting criticized for this. Pelosi now taking the high road, not ignoring, not listening to the outrage over her visit to a hair salon that was shut down for everyone else. We have that and more democrat double standards on covid19 shutdowns for regular americans, n
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