Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . ... arolling collar disclosing hislong, thin, shrivelled throat. The suit was not only ill-fitting; it was creased andwrinkled from having beenjammed into a small satchelall the way from Illinois. Bryant Introduces Lincoln Bryant was quickly nomin-ated as chairman; he then in-troduced Lincoln, saying thathe had made a name for him-self in the widely publicizeddebates with Stephen , the Little Giantwho was sponsoring state sov-ereignty as the solution forthe slavery problem. Amid applause, Lincolnwent to the lectern. When theaudience quiet
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . ... arolling collar disclosing hislong, thin, shrivelled throat. The suit was not only ill-fitting; it was creased andwrinkled from having beenjammed into a small satchelall the way from Illinois. Bryant Introduces Lincoln Bryant was quickly nomin-ated as chairman; he then in-troduced Lincoln, saying thathe had made a name for him-self in the widely publicizeddebates with Stephen , the Little Giantwho was sponsoring state sov-ereignty as the solution forthe slavery problem. Amid applause, Lincolnwent to the lectern. When theaudience quieted down heturned to Bryant and said ina high-pitched Midwest voice:Mr. Cheerman. Warms Up to Theme It was not the kind of ac-cent th«afl»dience had expect-ed. LiiHln was beginningbadly. SSFspoke his first fewsentences in a low tone. Thenas he warmed up to his sub-ject, the careful preparationof his material lent meaningto what he said. He becamesurer of himself, and theaudience began to listen withrespectful attention. For his theme he took. COOPER UNION BUILDING had just been finishedwhen Lincoln made his speech there in 1860. Douglas statement that thefounders of the nation hadclearly understood the slaveryproblem. He then went on toshow that in framing the gov-ernment a majority of the 39 thatmen who had signed the Con-stitution were in favor of fed-eral control. To them, he said,slavery was an evil not to beextended and was to be tol-erated only because its actualexistence made such tolera-tion a necessity. One after another he re-plied to the Souths argu-ments and in doing so deniedthat the new RepublicanParty was sectional in inter-est. He also said that his partyhad in no way been impli-cated in John Browns at-tempt to start a slave insur-rection. It was a long and closelyreasoned speech, interruptedonly by occasional applause dare to do our duty as weunderstand it. Brings Applause This statement brought aburst of applause from thesophisticated New York audi-ence that
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