Abraham Lincoln - Bijou Planks 239/365
It is the Distinguished Company at the Bijou Planks!
Today we see Abraham Lincoln. Born into poverty in 1809, Lincoln was raised on the frontier in a log cabin. He studied independently and became a lawyer, moving in and out of politics. In 1854 he became a leader in the Republican party and was the party's nominee for President in 1860.
Lincoln engaged in a series of debates with the Democrat incumbent Stephen Douglas and, with the newly invented telegraph, it became the first Presidential debate with nationwide attention. Newspapers sent stenographers to each debate to record complete texts of the debates and those were then distributed to newspapers across the nation.
The issue of slavery was central in the debates as the Democrat platform supported a state's right to uphold slavery while the Republican platform, under Lincoln, proposed to abolish slavery altogether.
Lincoln won the Presidency and, with the profound discord on the issue of slavery, assumed leadership over a deeply divided nation. Lincoln had delivered the 'House Divided' speech, referencing Mark 3:35 from the Bible, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other."
Sure enough, southern states refused to accept the election of Lincoln and adopted articles of secession, calling themselves the Confederate States of America. Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis in the American Civil War. He succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, and implementing elements of his agenda, including modernizing the U.S. economy.
Lincoln completed his first term and was reelected for a second. He was assassinated shortly thereafter in April, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln. A distinguished individual!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
National Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln
Fine Pewter
1980
Abraham Lincoln - Bijou Planks 239/365
It is the Distinguished Company at the Bijou Planks!
Today we see Abraham Lincoln. Born into poverty in 1809, Lincoln was raised on the frontier in a log cabin. He studied independently and became a lawyer, moving in and out of politics. In 1854 he became a leader in the Republican party and was the party's nominee for President in 1860.
Lincoln engaged in a series of debates with the Democrat incumbent Stephen Douglas and, with the newly invented telegraph, it became the first Presidential debate with nationwide attention. Newspapers sent stenographers to each debate to record complete texts of the debates and those were then distributed to newspapers across the nation.
The issue of slavery was central in the debates as the Democrat platform supported a state's right to uphold slavery while the Republican platform, under Lincoln, proposed to abolish slavery altogether.
Lincoln won the Presidency and, with the profound discord on the issue of slavery, assumed leadership over a deeply divided nation. Lincoln had delivered the 'House Divided' speech, referencing Mark 3:35 from the Bible, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other."
Sure enough, southern states refused to accept the election of Lincoln and adopted articles of secession, calling themselves the Confederate States of America. Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis in the American Civil War. He succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, and implementing elements of his agenda, including modernizing the U.S. economy.
Lincoln completed his first term and was reelected for a second. He was assassinated shortly thereafter in April, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln. A distinguished individual!
__________________________
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
National Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln
Fine Pewter
1980