Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . d as the 16th presi-dent. Linns Weekly Stamp NewsFebruary 16, 1959 Let Vs Have Faith. •. Dare ToDo Our First Said ByLincoln In Cooper Union Talk * Frank Culver Those who came to the Great Hall of The Cooper Union inNew York City on the evening of Monday, February 27, 1860 tohear an Illinois lawyer and Republican candidate for President,about whom little was known in the East, deliver an anti-slaveryspeech, never expected that the course of history would be changedthat night. Whatever hopes they had that they were about to listento one who
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . d as the 16th presi-dent. Linns Weekly Stamp NewsFebruary 16, 1959 Let Vs Have Faith. •. Dare ToDo Our First Said ByLincoln In Cooper Union Talk * Frank Culver Those who came to the Great Hall of The Cooper Union inNew York City on the evening of Monday, February 27, 1860 tohear an Illinois lawyer and Republican candidate for President,about whom little was known in the East, deliver an anti-slaveryspeech, never expected that the course of history would be changedthat night. Whatever hopes they had that they were about to listento one who would be their partys standard bearer were dashed asthe tall, gaunt, beardless speaker, in clothes that were baggy, wasescorted to the platform. His standing was not improvedwhen he intoned Mr. Cheerman,in reply to William Cullen Bryant,author of Thanatopsis and editorof The New York Evening Post,who introduced h i m. His high-pitched voice was not strong enoughat first to ca*ry his words through-out the hall, and there were criesof Abraham Lincoln, from a photo-graph made by Brady on the morn-ing of the Cooper Union speech,February 27, 1860. Yet as he got deeper into hisspeech and appealed for nationalunity against the extension of slav-ery beyond the borders of the South-ern States, his voice became strong-er and took on a low and gentlequality. His hearers found them-selve listening intently as he de-clared that the Republicans couldnot call slavery right; they couldnot tolerate secession and could notallow extension of slavery into theterritories. There was applause andcheering when he closed with thesewords: Let us have faith that rightmakes might, and in that faith, letus, to the end, dare to do our dutyas we understand it. Before Lincoln made his New Yorkspeech the foes of slavery exten-sion had no really competent after he made it, both Northand South knew there was one whowould neither quibble nor quit. Infact, no one event contributed moreto his
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