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Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on Saturday, March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States.At a time when victory over secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery in all of the U.S. was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness.
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Historian Eric Foner has labeled the inauguration "a disaster for Johnson" and his speech "an unfortunate prelude to Lincoln's memorable second inaugural address." At the time Johnson was ridiculed in the press as a "drunken clown," [7] and Johnson's performance is remembered as a mortifying fiasco. [6] Lincoln, for his part, "just looked ...
Trump's second inaugural address had to be blunt just as Lincoln's second inaugural was blunt. Bravo. Trump's second inaugural address was a triumph for him, and for his supporters
Lincoln's second inaugural address at the nearly completed U.S. Capitol on March 4, 1865 On March 4, 1865, Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address . In it, he deemed the war casualties to be God's will.
It is certainly true no one could possibly mistake President Trump’s “American carnage” rhetoric eight years ago with the high-minded speechifying of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ...
While much of the Northern press largely praised Lincoln's inaugural address, the new Confederacy mainly responded with silence. The Charleston Mercury was an exception: it excoriated Lincoln's address as manifesting "insolence" and "brutality," and attacked the Union government as 'a mobocratic empire.' [ 4 ] The speech also did not impress ...
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump on Monday delivered his second inaugural address as he returned to the White House for his final term. Trump's address covered a broad range of the ...