surely, the evacuation of petersburg and richmond, the surrender of the principal insurgent armies, has given all of us hope that we are going to see a righteous and speedy peace , whose joyous expression can hardly any longer be restrained. it was nearly a week after the signal news of the surrender at appomattox was received that i said to mrs. lincoln finally after all of these days, i am beginning to feel like all this is over. we attended theater just before easter. but in the midst of all of the celebrations, certainly he from whom all blessings flow must not be forgotten. the call for a national thanksgiving has been prepared and will be duly promulgated. surely those whose harder part has given us cause for rejoicing must not be forgotten. you know that i myself was very near the front, shortly before the surrender, and i had the great pleasure of transmitting much of the recent good news to the people. but my friends, no part of the honor for plan or execution falls
today. two books i think we have them for sale in the bookstore. the most recent 1 i grabbed the wrong one. what is the title of the most recent one? to the bitter in. to the bitter end. and the second one, the final days of the army of tennessee. it is the trans-mississippi and indian territory. it was one of the florida regiments, the last surrendered group. robert dunkerly. [applause] mr. dunkerly: good morning. i want to thank the organizers for having me. i really appreciate the invitation. it s great to be here with so many people interested in this topic. what i would like to do is talk about all of these surrenders. i do want to compare these surrenders. talk about how different they are, because each of them unfolded in its own way. and each of these surrenders happens independently and they each have a fascinating story and talk about how the civil war will set the stage for reconstruction. all right. i m not going to spend a lot of time on appomattox. a cou
and i am highly gratified that we can meet together this day not in sorrow, but with gladness of heart. surely, the evacuation of petersburg and richmond, the surrender of the principal insurgent armies, has given all of us hope that we are going to see a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression can hardly any longer be restrained. it was nearly a week after the signal news of the surrender at appomattox was received that i said to mrs. lincoln, finally, after all of these days, i am beginning to feel like all this is over. we attended theater just before easter. but in the midst of all of the celebrations, certainly he from whom all blessings flow must not be forgotten. the call for a national thanksgiving has been prepared and will be duly promulgated. surely those whose harder part has given us cause for rejoicing must not be forgotten. you know that i myself was very near the front, shortly before the surrender, and i had the great pleasure of transmitting much
allowed to operating kansas without also registering with the corporation board in kansas and getting permission to operate here. so it is kind of interesting. it is a tactic to show that the klan is operating under kansas state law without addressing the main issue. the main issue they are here merely to intimidate people as a terrorist organization. that is the second count in the case but that is a lot harder to prove. what the supreme court ended up saying was that yes, the klan was operating as a foreign corporation. that is the point when the klan s attorneys conceded. what they did in 1924 was start to try to influence elections so they could get people who are sympathetic to them elected to the offices of secretary of state and attorney general and governor and hopes that they could get a charter. we go back to william allen white. in september, less than two months before the election that year he jumped in as the independent candidate for governor. this is a cartoon
lincoln: i think that what i saw if i could just back up a little bit i do not consider myself a courageous man. if i were out on the battlefield with bullets whizzing past my head, i probably would develop a pair of cowardly legs quite quickly, and they would carry my noble head away. but nonetheless, what i saw was very grave. right after the close of the mexican war, if you divided this country into four parts, only the southeast was given to slavery. the territory from mexico and the northeast were free. in five years, that equation had reversed. 3/4 of our territory i am not speaking of states in number but our national geography had been given for slavery, in just five years. that is why the republican party was founded to stop the spread. and i came to be convinced that there was a conspiracy to make slavery universal. now when the threats of secession and war and so on began, i realized that like any soldier, i would have to consider that my life may end up