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The second choice of everybody. Well he said my name is new in the field and i suppose im not the first choice of a great many. Our policy is to leave them in a mood to come to us if they are compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you right there. Giving up your first love. So the themes we will talk about and im going to explain why there is certainly a book cover in the upper corner, but, first of all, republicans showed they were not the week party. They actually ran a very well organized campaign. And at the same time there is an old saying in politics that if your opponent is imploding, dont do anything to stop him. In this case there were some implosions on the part of the other parties involved. And we will get to those as we go along. We will do a little bit of the background leading up to the 1860 election and we will talk more about why slavery was a key issue both leading up to the election and then in the out come. This next one might make you stop a ....
Lincoln supporter sent a wire that said i think hes going to win the nomination and he is the second choice of everybody. Well he said my name is new in the field and i suppose im not the first choice of a great many. Our policy is to leave them in a mood to come to us if they are compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you right there. Giving up your first love. So the themes we will talk about and im going to explain why there is certainly a book cover in the upper corner, but, first of all, republicans showed they were not the week party. They actually ran a very well organized campaign. And at the same time there is an old saying in politics that if your opponent is imploding, dont do anything to stop him. In this case there were some implosions on the part of the other parties involved. And we will get to those as we go along. We will do a little bit of the background leading up to the 1860 election and we will talk more about why slavery was a key issue bot ....
We got them movedd around and elected to office and got them married. It is time to elect him president. Going to look at elec the election of 1860 and using the term everybodys second choice, at the National Convention that year in 1860 a r lincoln supporter sent a wire that said, i think hes going to win the nomination. Hes the second choice of everybody. Well lincolnth himselfe seco ha, my name is new in the field. And i suppose im not the first choice of a very great many, ou. Policy there is to give no offense to others, leave them i a mood to come to us if they u should be compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you yo right there. Ere. Giving up your first love. Okay. Y. So so the themes were going to be talking about and im also going to explain why there is suddenly a book cover in the upper per corner, but first of all republicans showed they were no the whig party. They actually ran a very we ....
And now it is such a pleasure to introduce our extremely extinguished panel of leading lincoln scholars to discuss lincolns speeches and the american idea. Michael, Michael Burlingame chancellor know b lynn, distinguished at the university of illinois, springfield, is the author of many books on lincoln including the enrolled of Abraham Lincoln, and to volume american Abraham Lincoln, a life. As well as his new book which will be discussing tonight. The black mans president. Abraham, lincoln African Americans and the pursuit of racial equality. Noah feldman it is the frankfurter professor of law, chair of the society of fellows, and founding director of the program and jewish and israeli law at harvard university. He wrote nine books including the three liv ....
Introduce our extremely distinguished panel of american lincoln scholars. Lincolns speeches and the american idea. Naomi b lynn, the chair of lincoln studies at the university of springfield. The author of several books, including the inner world of abraham pleitgen, and the two volume american Abraham Lincoln light. As well as his new book, faith black mens president , Abraham Lincoln and the pursuit of racial equality. Professor of law, chair of the society of and frontal rector of the program on jewish and israeli law at harvard university. He is the author of nine books, including James Madison and his latest book, which we discussed tonight, a broken constitution, lincoln and the founding of america. Diana shelled is professor of Political Science and senio ....