Im going to read you a paragraph, just in case any of you wandered in without actually checking your program or the door, and you can guess what that paragraph what this panel is about. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than the peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples and shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when america is privileged to spend her
Im going to read you a paragraph, just in case any of you wandered in without actually checking your program or the door, and you can guess what that paragraph what this panel is about. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than the peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples and shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when america is privileged to spend her
Im going to read you a paragraph, just in case any of you wandered in without actually checking your program or the door, and you can guess what that paragraph what this panel is about. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than the peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples and shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when america is privileged to spend her
For the right of those who submit to authority and have a voice in their own governments, the right and liberties of small nations, universal dominion of rights for such a concert of free people, as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. We can dedicate our lives and we have, everything with the pride to know the day has come when america privileged to spend her blood in her might for the privilege see of her birth and happiness and peace that she has treasured. She can do no other. This is a panel on Woodrow Wilsons legacy. Together by the society of historians in the gilded age and progressive area death era. Continue thish to or any other conversation, for the reception occurring this evening from 5 00 to 7 00 on the fourth floor. I am an historian at Duke University and ill injured is the panel in the order of presentation, the order of the program. First, mary, professor and chair at the History Department where she was also the foundin
1850s controlled by the southern influence, strong pro slavery. What president buchanan was not counting on is steven a. Douglas, the father of the kansas territory. He believed in the concept of popular sovereignty let the will of the people be spoken. Stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. When the lecompton constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called the lecompton constitution a swindle and a fraud. It did not represent popular sovereignty, it did not represent the role of the people. This constitution was debated in the halls of congress. The u. S. Senate, which was controlled by southerners, did pass it. They ratified it. It got to the u. S. House, which is more northern influence, when it got to the u. S. House, it was so the debate was so rancorous, that in february of 1858, late one night while this constitution was being debated in the u. S. House of representatives, a brawl broke out. Over 50 congressmen were braw