. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . atdeal, have weighed the question well from all corners,and am thoroughly convinced the time has come whenit should be uttered; and if it must be that I must godown because of this speech, then let
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . atdeal, have weighed the question well from all corners,and am thoroughly convinced the time has come whenit should be uttered; and if it must be that I must godown because of this speech, then let me go down linkedto truth, die in the advocacy of what is right and nation cannotlive on injustice, A house dividedagainst itself cannot stand. I say again and again; theproposition is true and has been true for six thousandyears, and I will deliver it as it is written. [This celebrated speech is given in full, commencingon the following page. * Mr. Herndon told Mr. Lincoln privately that it was alltrue, but he doubted whether it was good policy to giveit utterance at that time. That makes no difference,responded Mr. Lincoln. It is the truth, and the na-tion is entitled to it. Then, alluding to a quotationwhich he had made from the Bible—A house dividedagainst itself cannot stand, he said that he wished togive an illustration familiar to all, that he who runsmay read.] ? [347]. CAPITOL AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL, LINGOLNS FIRST SPEECH IN THE CAMPAIGN. The House Divided Against Itself Speech. (Delivered at Springfield, 111., June i6, 1858, beforethe Republican State Convention. It is known as oneof Lincolns greatest speeches.) [348] A HOUSE DIVIDED, ETC. 349 Gentlemen of the Convention:—If we could firstknow where we are, and whither we are tending, wecould better judge do, and how to do it. We arenow far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiatedwith the avowed object and confident promise of put-ting an end to slavery agitation. Under the ope
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