Childrens children, this great and free government. I happen temporarily to occupy this big white house. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here. As my fathers child has. The nation is worth fighting for. To secure such an inestimable jewel. [applause] [applause] every sunday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern, learn from leading historians about president s and first ladies, their policies and legacies, here on the presidency. To watch any of our programs or check our schedule, visit www. Cspan. Org history. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. All weekend long, American History tv is joining our media Cable Partners to showcase the history of columbus, georgia. To learn more about cities on our 2015 tour, visit www. Cspan. Org citiestour. We continue with our look at the history of columbus. This is American History tv on cspan3. Jeff seymour we are in the National Civil war naval museum in columbus, georgia. We a
Commenced in the june of 1812. Since that time the administration, having relentlessly avoided any imposition of the suppression of the present speech alluded to in the bill of rights, this administration has been most fervent in not disturbing the rights of the American People. The accessibility to freedom of speech and the press has found great opposition in this administration. The outbreaks and riots in baltimore that occurred shortly after the declaration in july of 1812 in baltimore affected how many citizens supported the war. The outcome was the consequence of the publications. My friend, henry lee, had suffered that is the consequence of that there. We were not about suppress the press on those matters. You had seen a reflection in the country and in the unit new england state. We have seen their expressions of discontent, even amongst those in the democratic republican party, who expressed reservations about the war. But let us talk to the war itself. For years comparing the
Tweet us. Join the cspan conversation, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Since 1985, John Douglas Hall has been portraying president james madison. He has been in mount vernon, montpelier, and gatsbys tavern in alexandria, virginia. Next, to mark the 200 anniversary of the signing of the treaty of ghent by the president ending the war of 1812, the Octagon Museum hosted an event. Using his 30 years of experience researching and portraying president madison, mr. Hall discusses popular opinion of the time and the origins of the world 1812 or it this event is about 30 minutes. Good day to all of you. I am pleased to welcome friends here to the home of the which we have been occupying since last weve been here since february september. Of 1815, certainly in anticipation of great alterations to national circumstance. This is well to be evidenced. I find that, from time to time as president there is a necessity of explanation to the American People. As the circumstances press forw
Not just a southern thing. Omaha, nebraska. St. Louis, chicago, illinois. All erupted in race riots. Millions of workers, about 4 million workers are going to go on strike in 1919. And this wave of labor unrest then fed into this conservative mood. It seemed to spark hysteria. This is a time when we are dealing with the red scare. The red scare with the bolshevik revolution being so fresh, that americans now determined that perhaps bolshevism had come to the american shores and were undermining the capitalist system as we speak, right . So in this climate there is a very harsh reaction to labor unrest in 1919. There were accounts of violence that seemed to be tied to the labor unrest. The u. S. Post office during 1919 intercepted dozens of bombs that were being mailed to prominent americans. They did not intercept all of them. One of them blew up on the front door of mitchell palmers house. Mitchell palmer was the attorney general of the United States. Heres the thing about the red sca
Just a few months ago back in september, we observe the 200th anniversary of that moment. Today, and the rest of this weekend, we are observing the 200th anniversary of the end of the war of 1812 and the treaty of ghent. That is what we will be talking about today. What was the treaty of ghent . What was the war of 1812 . As we go through slides, please dont hesitate to call out the question or ask me to back up if i go too fast. They told me i had about two hours. I hope you brought snacks. We are going to talk about the treaty of ghent, or how i learned to stop worrying and love canada. This is a postwar painting of the exchange of the treaty as it was negotiated on Christmas Eve of 1814. We have the british commissioners on the left, the american commissioners on the right. It is called the piece of Christmas Eve. But while the treaty is signed on december 24, it does not go into effect, not yet. The british understood that 200 years ago. That is something that 200 years of american