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For Lincoln and Liberty too! Our David's good sling is unerring, The Slaveocrats' giant he slew; Then shout for the Freedom-preferring— For Lincoln and Liberty too! They'll find what, by felling and mauling, Our rail-maker statesman can do; For the People are everywhere calling For Lincoln and Liberty too. Then up with our banner so glorious,
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Alexander Coffman Ross Martin Van Buren: Democratic "Rock-a-bye Baby" Traditional 1860: Abraham Lincoln: Republican "Lincoln and Liberty" Jesse Hutchinson: 1864: Abraham Lincoln: Republican "Battle Cry of Freedom" George F. Root
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.
Lincoln in this address coined the phrase that the United States is the "last best hope of Earth." This phrase has been echoed by many US presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt closed his 1939 State of the Union Address by quoting these words from Lincoln. [3] Lyndon B. Johnson quoted it in a special message to Congress on equal rights. [4]
A few days later, Herald correspondent S. P. Hanscom testified that Wikoff had told him earlier that the leaks came from Mary Todd Lincoln. [5] Due to the implication of his wife, Abraham Lincoln became the first sitting president to testify before a committee of Congress.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1860. The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin [2] won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states had already abolished slavery, and a national electoral majority comprising only Northern electoral votes.
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[163]: 147 Admirers of Lincoln such as Harry V. Jaffa praised this development. Critics of Lincoln, notably Willmoore Kendall and Mel Bradford, argued that Lincoln dangerously expanded the scope of the national government and violated states' rights by reading the Declaration into the Constitution. [163]: 39, 145–146 [164] [165] [166] [167]