Events, Dear Boy…
Events…
February…
…1860
Abraham Lincoln’s
Cooper Union Address…
Part Three…
This…
“…most melancholy man…”
…cessates his reasoned rally to consign the cruelty of slavery to the past with this famous flourish…
“ Let us have faith that right makes might & that in that faith…
…let us dare to do our duty as we understand it! ”
“…At the Cooper Union, Lincoln became more than a regional curiosity, he became a National leader…”
Rotten to the core Republican Party King-Maker, (…as well as being owner of ‘The New York Tribune’…
“…One of the most happiest & convincing political arguments ever made in this City…”
Horace Greely*
…one of over Fifteen-Hundred in attendance that fair February, New York evening would seem to heartily agree & within weeks of this future colossii’s colossal* colosseum address…
*…At 7,00 words long, ‘The Cooper Union Address’ is easily Lincoln’s longest ever oration…
Abe Lincoln…
…not the
“…Bearded Icon of Myth…”
rather the…
humongously handed…
“…clean-shaven, fresh-voiced political original who conquers New York on his way to the White House &…
…Immortality!”
*…Not Bill Hartnell, at all, honest…
“…Electrifying…”
“…Lincoln’s watershed, the event transforming him from a mere regional leader into a national phenomenon…”
“…Learned, witty & exquisitely reasoned…”
“…Had he failed at his do-or-die New York debut, few may recognise the nation as it is today…”
“…Arriving as a politician with many more defeats than victories to his name, Lincoln departs politically reborn…”
“…His new suit was, on the night, of little impact as it fit the massive & lanky Lincoln poorly, but his speech, delivered in his customary shrill tone, was a masterful exploration of the political paths open to the Nation…”
It was unarguably, however…
(… fine, so fine…)
…a very fine suit indeed!
That’s a matter of opinion!
