And he argues that president lincoln was against slavery, but was willing to accept it in order to preserve the union. This is an hour and a half, hosted by the New York Historical society and the bryant park reading room. Thank you alex castle and paul room arrow. And thanks to the Bryant Park Corporation and the bryant park reading room, and the hsbc corporation and all those who have made it possible for me to appear here tonight. Its a particular privilege to speak here in new york city. Already, in 1860, as it remains today, new york was the nerve center of the nation. The herald, the tribune, the times, the three most influential and widely read newspapers in the United States, were publish right here. Each provides the historian with a wealth of insights, and each informs my presentation tonight. Here is what i am going to talk about. I focus on the fateful series of events in late 1860, and early 1861, when a president ial election triggered a grave crisis, and before long, a c
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 lilienth. Lincoln won the 1860 president ial election because he carried every free state except for a divided electoral vote in new jersey. So he compiled a clear majority in the Electoral College and as we all know, of course, it is electoral votes that count. He also amassed far more popular votes than any of the other three candidates. But his plurality victory gained only 40 of the nationwide popular vote. He got no electoral votes and hardly any popular votes in the south. He was not on the ball loballotn Southern States. As we have seen an articulate ideological minority of republicans did consider slavery a moral problem, but mainstream republican moderates always said slavery was beyond their reach. Lincolns victory shocked the south. Throughout the summer and fall political orators warned of catastrophe. A symbolic humiliation added to southern distress. The south contended for a supposed constitutional right the rig
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Address to congress on tuesday. Joining me from massachusetts is Larry Summers, a professor at harvard and its former president. He also served as treasury secretary under president clinton, and director of president obamas National Economic council. I am pleased to have him on this program. Good to be with you. Ian you heard the headlines as i have. We have a big increase in defense spending. Everything else that can be pulled back is going to be pulled back. Budget numbers, at least for 3 4 . For 2017, not how does this strike all of you from harvard . Larry i wont speak for harvard. Thenumbers on the budget, Economic Forecast is optimistic, but not as ludicrous as some feared. Raising the Defense Budget is probably a prudent investment in a dangerous world. Seeking to combine that with massive tax cuts i think means untenable cuts in other parts of the budget. Weve got more people in the United States who are in military bands than we do in the entire foreign service. In a world whe
Address to congress on tuesday. Joining me from massachusetts is Larry Summers, a professor at harvard and its former president. He also served as treasury secretary under president clinton, and director of president obamas National Economic council. I am pleased to have him on this program. Good to be with you. Ian you heard the headlines as i have. We have a big increase in defense spending. Everything else that can be pulled back is going to be pulled back. Budget numbers, at least for 3 4 . For 2017, not how does this strike all of you from harvard . Larry i wont speak for harvard. Thenumbers on the budget, Economic Forecast is optimistic, but not as ludicrous as some feared. Raising the Defense Budget is probably a prudent investment in a dangerous world. Seeking to combine that with massive tax cuts i think means untenable cuts in other parts of the budget. Weve got more people in the United States who are in military bands than we do in the entire foreign service. In a world whe