"The Republican Party Vindicated — The Demands of the South Explained."
- Creator(s):
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Title:
- "The Republican Party Vindicated — The Demands of the South Explained."
- Description:
- Lincoln remained ambitious for office and set his sights on the presidency. In an invited address at Cooper Union in New York City, he echoed the abolitionists’ contention that the founders viewed slavery as an evil and that the Constitution gave Congress the power to limit its spread. He called on Republicans to stand by their core beliefs in the face of the southern states’ threats to secede. The speech was a huge success, appearing in pamphlet form and reprinted in four major New York newspapers. After a tour of New England in the months following, during which he reiterated the same ideas, Lincoln was seen as a potential presidential candidate
- Source:
- Photograph by Vincent Dilio. Courtesy of David M. Rubenstein.
- Citation:
- Lincoln, Abraham. "The Republican Party Vindicated — The Demands of the South Explained". [N.P.: n.p.], 1860.