10-20-2023, 08:47 AM
I posted separately comments on Lincoln's Peoria Speech in 1854. In the mean time I've read it through, and reflect -
Wow, that Lincoln-dude was a Warrior. Did anyone else state the problems and decipher the 'shadows' of the Nebraska Bill + 'on the walls' more clearly?
The speech's reflections on human nature, relevant as an analogy today, "The South flushed with triumph and tempted to excess; the North, betrayed as they believe, brooding on wrong and burning for revenge. One side will provoke, the other resent. The one will taunt, the other defy; one aggresses, the other retaliates."
BUT, as it relates to 'Who said this?'
Who said (or wrote): "With the Peoria speech Douglas had had enough of Lincoln as an antagonist."
(Well, for the time being.)
Wow, that Lincoln-dude was a Warrior. Did anyone else state the problems and decipher the 'shadows' of the Nebraska Bill + 'on the walls' more clearly?
The speech's reflections on human nature, relevant as an analogy today, "The South flushed with triumph and tempted to excess; the North, betrayed as they believe, brooding on wrong and burning for revenge. One side will provoke, the other resent. The one will taunt, the other defy; one aggresses, the other retaliates."
BUT, as it relates to 'Who said this?'
Who said (or wrote): "With the Peoria speech Douglas had had enough of Lincoln as an antagonist."
(Well, for the time being.)