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but william. seward as far as i can figure out. williams the secretary of state gets together with spanish minister in washington, d.c. and says, how about this? you kidnap guy and send him back and we'll kidnap your guy and send him back and we'll both get what we want. so robert murray, the u.s. marshal in new york city, goes and finds margolis, arrests him and sends him back to cuba, where he gets 19 years at hard labor for his crime. the leader of cuba, domingo dolci sends the cuban police to, sidney oaks, from his home in the middle of the night somewhere between 11 and 11 p.m. and midnight to arrest appleton. okay. and they go in, they break the house, and they find a very sick in bed and they say, get of bed and come with us. and he says, i'm under orders. i'm very ill. i'm on medication, can't move. and they say they don't care. you get out of bed. and so they drag this sick guy out of bed and they take him to the front of the house and they're talking with each other. it him. is it him? it's him. it's him. and one of them
but william. seward as far as i can figure out. williams the secretary of state gets together with spanish minister in washington, d.c. and says, how about this? you kidnap guy and send him back and we'll kidnap your guy and send him back and we'll both get what we want. so robert murray, the u.s. marshal in new york city, goes and finds margolis, arrests him and sends him back to cuba, where he gets 19 years at hard labor for his crime. the leader of cuba, domingo dolci sends the cuban police...
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senator william seward. seward regarded as the founder and father of the republic and party, a bold opponent, slavery and defender of the rights of. and he was managed a brilliant political strategist named thurlow wheat, who who could make or break senators and presidents. he had more money behind him than any candidate. seward had traveled to europe. several months before the convention where he kept his preparation for the presidency by meeting with world leaders, including queen victoria pope pius the ninth and france's emperor the third. when returned, he was mobbed by americans who wanted him to be the next president. he was far and away the most candidate with the delegates gathering in chicago. but his strength was the sept of this man as the radical abolitni john brown previous october, he had raided a federal armory and planned to provide slaves guns for a violent insurrection against whites. while brown was apprehended in hang the infuriated the south terrified many voters in the north. many thoug
senator william seward. seward regarded as the founder and father of the republic and party, a bold opponent, slavery and defender of the rights of. and he was managed a brilliant political strategist named thurlow wheat, who who could make or break senators and presidents. he had more money behind him than any candidate. seward had traveled to europe. several months before the convention where he kept his preparation for the presidency by meeting with world leaders, including queen victoria...
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william seward opens up a carton of books and has some brown paper. and lincoln says, can i borrow the brown paper? and he writes, the second gettysburg address on the brown paper. and as she says and he knew it was a failure from the beginning. and for 50, 75 years, that was the story. what we're saying here together is no lincoln, never would have simply written something on the fly, on the way to. he was very careful, both his writing and his speaking. he re-edited and as ed suggested, over being willing and able to speak, this is what happened to put that no name and in the american public. hopefully we don't believe that anymore. and by the way, it finally i you know, i'm not i'm not great on the decades between 1970 and now but it did inspire television movie in lincoln was played by who knows you you know or dennis weaver. joe can you speak a little bit to how that the the inability to speak very effectively extemporaneously was hindrance or hurt? lincoln his political career, how he overcame that. well he was a i think his is a trial lawyer. y
william seward opens up a carton of books and has some brown paper. and lincoln says, can i borrow the brown paper? and he writes, the second gettysburg address on the brown paper. and as she says and he knew it was a failure from the beginning. and for 50, 75 years, that was the story. what we're saying here together is no lincoln, never would have simply written something on the fly, on the way to. he was very careful, both his writing and his speaking. he re-edited and as ed suggested, over...
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and it's william seward is from new york and he introduces this concept of a higher wall. there is a higher wall than the constitution. he says, which regulates or authority over the domain, not your broad domain to send to us unencumbered free from khawam bodies of human bondage. i'm opposed compromise in any and all forms. so a new a higher law than the constitution. again presidentially thinking well, you took an oath to preserve protect, defend the constitution. there's no notion there of a higher law. but the country is starting to settle on. maybe we need to do things little bit differently. so they're having these lengthy discussions about what to do and can we come up with another big compromise to settle these questions? well, zachary taylor is the president of the united states at the time, and he was not in favor of a grand compromise. in fact, he was threatening veto. he thought it was bringing up issues that didn't need to be brought up. and turned out, though on july 4th of 1850, zachary taylor got sick and five days later, zachary taylor died. and now all of
and it's william seward is from new york and he introduces this concept of a higher wall. there is a higher wall than the constitution. he says, which regulates or authority over the domain, not your broad domain to send to us unencumbered free from khawam bodies of human bondage. i'm opposed compromise in any and all forms. so a new a higher law than the constitution. again presidentially thinking well, you took an oath to preserve protect, defend the constitution. there's no notion there of a...
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the civil war william henry seward, of course, famous, a man who wanted to be president, perhaps as much as only one or two other dudes in the whole country history, maybe ononly second to henry clay and how bad he wanted to president william henry seward. this in a speech to congress in 1856 to obtain an empire is and common so of empires in the world. but he said to govern it well is difficult rare indeed. and he's talking in a period right much than what we've been talking about by which the united states has acquired essentially everything, including the gadsden purchase, that will become part of the modern u.s. and so seward is pointing to the same problem that. adam smith alluded to this not an easy task to undertake. you have to find a way to control this territory and. you have to do it in a way that's fair and we talked about that tension last right. the washington and jefferson run into people who go to the frontier do not want a of intervention in their lives especially from government but the government must be the one that controls the frontier. so this is the kind of t
the civil war william henry seward, of course, famous, a man who wanted to be president, perhaps as much as only one or two other dudes in the whole country history, maybe ononly second to henry clay and how bad he wanted to president william henry seward. this in a speech to congress in 1856 to obtain an empire is and common so of empires in the world. but he said to govern it well is difficult rare indeed. and he's talking in a period right much than what we've been talking about by which the...
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lincoln and william seward visited the right here in this town when the 37 new york, the so-called irish rifles encamped at the capitol building, lincoln paid another visit. and while when general louis blanquer paraded on the white house grounds with the 6/8 new york, the so-called german rifles, general scott said to lincoln that this was the best regiment in the army. just a coincidence that i chose only new york regiments. so you'll have to forgive me. one recruiting poster in my hometown, new york, had declared berger all your land is gafah zewde and wafa citizen. your land is in danger. your land, meaning the united states to arms and to arms. these foreign born citizens went. it didn't matter to the volunteers, to the commander in chief, to anybody. it seems that army regulations at this time required all soldiers to speak english. the united states needed them just as they had. the immigrants had once needed the united states. and so while the union was about 14% foreign born, its armed services grew to 23% foreign born, 200,000 germans, 150,000 irish plus hungarians, italians, s
lincoln and william seward visited the right here in this town when the 37 new york, the so-called irish rifles encamped at the capitol building, lincoln paid another visit. and while when general louis blanquer paraded on the white house grounds with the 6/8 new york, the so-called german rifles, general scott said to lincoln that this was the best regiment in the army. just a coincidence that i chose only new york regiments. so you'll have to forgive me. one recruiting poster in my hometown,...
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i thanks for this william seward question. so if the story that you're telling us about the republican party eventually away from the ideals of as it began and then moving towards imperialism, what do we do with the figure like bill seward, who as early as 18 we align with lincoln more fought for the not right, but as early as 1867, he masterminded the alaska purchase. he's also trying to buy bunch of caribbean islands. congress doesn't really to do that. but how do we see them if we're figuring imperialism a thing that happens later on after republicans kind of flip and go and do something else? what do we do with that kind of early behavior by someone in that center of power with the republicans like? so yeah that's a great question. and we like to draw these neat lines right in periodization, but sometimes you can see the roots and origins of something way beyond. so for instance, those who talk about western reconstruction, want to go back to the mexican war. they we should look at the mexican war before the civil war and
i thanks for this william seward question. so if the story that you're telling us about the republican party eventually away from the ideals of as it began and then moving towards imperialism, what do we do with the figure like bill seward, who as early as 18 we align with lincoln more fought for the not right, but as early as 1867, he masterminded the alaska purchase. he's also trying to buy bunch of caribbean islands. congress doesn't really to do that. but how do we see them if we're...
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he knew that there wouldn't be enough to elevate william seward to win. and so when people realized who are going to wasn't going to win, that lincoln there ready to step up and and as i said before, you didn't have to be around lincoln long to. no, he really is the smartest guy in the room. he's the most appealing guy in room. and and he's the most eloquent guy in the room. so it was strange that he didn't have more of time in washington before he became president. but on the other hand, he had all that time in illinois close to the people, the fabulous lawyer, all kinds of cases. he knew what problem solving was about he knew how to achieve resolution of disputes was all about and so all of the he learned about public speaking he learned writing strong briefs argue over 400 cases to the illinois supreme. so the skills you need to be a great, great speaker, great writer, great thinker, great strategist, a great, emotionally intelligent human being to work with all kinds of people. lincoln had all those traits. so like you tell maturity, like a good lawye
he knew that there wouldn't be enough to elevate william seward to win. and so when people realized who are going to wasn't going to win, that lincoln there ready to step up and and as i said before, you didn't have to be around lincoln long to. no, he really is the smartest guy in the room. he's the most appealing guy in room. and and he's the most eloquent guy in the room. so it was strange that he didn't have more of time in washington before he became president. but on the other hand, he...
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seward jr. he's the secretary state's son. his horse is killed beneath him. it rolls over his ankle and breaks his foot. right. so he's off the battlefield. sims stoltz of the 14th new jersey. i include him because the 14th new jersey loses five commanding officers and five regimental color bearers. and the regimental historian says in the time it takes to tell it, he says, the flag bearer was killed, fell down, second flag was picked up. he's killed in the thomas farm fields. and what eventually ends up happening as these 35 union or confederate cannon start to tell on the union battle line, they've been pushed up to the front and they start to inflate, fire their the union positions. so if you if you are a union soldier, you've got no choice but to flee. and so the union battle does begin to start buckle and break. ironically enough, the last bridge to fall is the one held by the least experienced soldiers. the ohio national guard and the potomac home brigade are the last union regiments to fa
seward jr. he's the secretary state's son. his horse is killed beneath him. it rolls over his ankle and breaks his foot. right. so he's off the battlefield. sims stoltz of the 14th new jersey. i include him because the 14th new jersey loses five commanding officers and five regimental color bearers. and the regimental historian says in the time it takes to tell it, he says, the flag bearer was killed, fell down, second flag was picked up. he's killed in the thomas farm fields. and what...
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well, secretary of state william seward was not a military strategist. he didn't really help organize the victory in the civil war. and furthermore, he was unavailable. he was bedridden. he had had a terrible carriage accident in washington several days earlier, and he was in great pain his jaw was injured. he was in a neck brace. so he was immobilized. and so was seward. really couldn't anything to help track down the assassins or organize the hunt for the conspirators or in the civil war and certainly was a target of the assassination attempts itself. yes in fact as booth was attacking lincoln, he had deputized one of his conspirators, lewis powell, a six foot tall, muscled confederate soldier captured at gettysburg and then released. lewis powell was taken by dav, killed to seward's house. he got into the house he climbed up the steps and he almost stabbed sewer to death in his own bed. he gave a fractured skull to one of seward's sons. he stepped his to have the war department messenger. he with mayhem in that house. and so that's seward was not invo
well, secretary of state william seward was not a military strategist. he didn't really help organize the victory in the civil war. and furthermore, he was unavailable. he was bedridden. he had had a terrible carriage accident in washington several days earlier, and he was in great pain his jaw was injured. he was in a neck brace. so he was immobilized. and so was seward. really couldn't anything to help track down the assassins or organize the hunt for the conspirators or in the civil war and...