Antebellum congress. Well start with a review of the first and Second Party Systems. Im then going to introduce a concept, a new concept to you. Thats the idea of political culture. Ill compare that to something weve in counter before, Political Parties. Finally the bulk of the lecture is presenting evidence, new evidence, in fact, some drawn from my own research and from those of other scholars in the antebellum culture. I have three major areas to talk about today. One, Tobacco Culture. Two, political friendships. Three, affairs of honor. Well conclude there after getting through that evidence. All right. So like we obvious do in the class im going to start with an image on the screen and im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take is in. Who can point out something you see right away that strikes you . There we go. Yeah. Lady washington is on a platform. Yeah. Like how high do you think she is maybe off the ground . Like, i dont kn
Then im going to introduce a new concept to you, and thats the idea of political culture. And i will compare that concept to something weve encountered before, Political Parties. And finally, the bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence, in fact on the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas of evidence to talk about today, one, Tobacco Culture, two, political friendships, and, three, affairs of honor. And well conclude there after getting through that evidence. All right. Like we obvious do in the class, im going to start today with an image on the screen and im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something that you see right away that strikes you . There we go. Lady washington is on a platform. Yeah. How high do you think she is, maybe, off the ground . Like, i dont know, a foot. A good foot. Thats a good piece there. What else do you see . Another one down there. Thank
Vote convict or quitt an impeached president. How any time said he personally gone through any kind of an impeachment trial . Senator byrd i have sat through three impeachment trials of federal judges. As president pro temp of the the democrats were in control of the senate, i presided over the convictions of two federal judges, which i believe is probably the highest number of convictions over which any president progra temp has presided. I also prepared for the impeachment trial of former president nixon. Host what is the public going to see that they will be surprised about . I hope that well, whichill see a trial in there will be proper the quorum decorum. I dont expect them to see, annd d i would want to go to a corner and stand in shame if they saw the senate engaged in a trial such as the o. J. Simpson trial. Its not a criminal trial, an impeachment trial is not a criminal trial. Differently. Ed e that concern an offens is not indictable in a court of law, and thats important to
Its very fancy. The ladies are wearing gowns. Good. How about a third thing . What else do you see . Go ahead, jimmy . It looks like theyre all fairly close together. Like i cant tell, they might be dancing or i dont know. But they are all very close together. Exactly. Very good. Okay. Thats good. Yeah. I should say about Lady Washingtons reception that lady washington herself is standing literally center stage, an elegant gown. What you might not have noticed was that there is someone else who we sometimes think of as important, sort of receding into the background here. Thats good old george. George washington here in the center in black formal republican gown, sort of overshadowed by lady washington. Now, the title was Lady Washingtons reception. The word used at the time was that of a levee which is a formal reception which was held and hosted by the first lady, martha washington. Any of you notice how she was standing on a platform. Thats right. You also noticed the opulent attire
This is getting some things done. And its appropriate that we take up this bill today. And here is why. Do you realize 8 of all 88 of all americans support Energy Independence . 88 . 65 of all americans think that building the Keystone Pipeline is what this country should do. Now, i have to tell you, i listened to the president and to the excuses that come out of the administration and i think with the Supreme Court decision in nebraska today the president is out of excuses. Hes out of excuses. Hes run the gamut on it. No more excuses. It is time that we pass it, the senate pass it and that this legislation go to the president s desk. One of my colleagues said that being here on the floor today is a waste of time. I really disagree with that, mr. Chairman. The president vetoing this legislation is a waste not only of the American Peoples time but of the resources and the taxpayer money that come into the coffers for this government to function. Create 20,000 new jobs, increase our ener