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abraham lincoln could be unsupportive and you just don't have to ask mary todd lincoln for evidence of that. we all know that george mcclellan said unflattering things about abraham lincoln. but abraham lincoln said unflattering things about george mcclellan, which we celebrate as examples of presidential wit. about how the army of the potomac for example was no more than george mcclellan's bodyguard. generally speaking, pun intended, if you are trashing your subordinates in front of other people, you inspire a lack of respect for them as well. but we succeed george mcclellan's comments as out rages. -- outrageous. but lincoln's comments about mcclellan as funny. that says more about us than what it is about what's going on. what have they done -- would have the horses done that make them so tired to avoid the battle. he just wants to say something funny. sometimes, that funniness, that sarcasm doesn't exactly build a good relationship. the president could be unsupportive. grant had experienced lots of instances which link and had been less than supportive. that lincoln never came to t
abraham lincoln could be unsupportive and you just don't have to ask mary todd lincoln for evidence of that. we all know that george mcclellan said unflattering things about abraham lincoln. but abraham lincoln said unflattering things about george mcclellan, which we celebrate as examples of presidential wit. about how the army of the potomac for example was no more than george mcclellan's bodyguard. generally speaking, pun intended, if you are trashing your subordinates in front of other...
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abraham lincoln and george mcclellan were both new to their jobs in 1861 and 1862. lincoln did not understand things as well as he would down the road. he made mistakes. i know that's an alarming thing to observe to some people. george mcclellan was new to that kind of command responsibility. he was in his early 30's and all of a sudden in the largest force that the united states had ever mobilized. and had subordinates who had never commanded more than 1000 men. so, mcclellan, a military professional might look at the ways lincoln acted and might have looked at him with some condensation -- condensation. and other military men did lincoln the same way including william t sherman who visited lincoln and came away thinking that lincoln was an idiot. unable and unwilling to face but was before him. lincoln does come off as raw, as innocent, as naive, struggling to understand. mcclellan comes off as the new kid on the block, given promotions above his skill level. you give somebody a big job and they talk about how great they are going to be and then things do not quite
abraham lincoln and george mcclellan were both new to their jobs in 1861 and 1862. lincoln did not understand things as well as he would down the road. he made mistakes. i know that's an alarming thing to observe to some people. george mcclellan was new to that kind of command responsibility. he was in his early 30's and all of a sudden in the largest force that the united states had ever mobilized. and had subordinates who had never commanded more than 1000 men. so, mcclellan, a military...
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well, abraham lincoln lost kentucky twice, in 1860 and 1864. lincoln, when we look at the numbers, 55% of the popular vote? wow, that is incredible for a guy who has been on the job four. only 39% of the vote came from the north. when you look at that number, it's like everybody loves lincoln. that is going to be the first time that soldiers are allowed to vote. soldiers on active duty in the united states never voted before for any presidential election. lincoln and other people say, you know, we have to make sure the voter -- the soldiers come battle --eset up the onwe set up the ballot box the camps and the soldiers are allowed to vote. this is the way it is going to be, we know what has been done. three out of four soldiers voted for abraham lincoln. one out of four voted for mcclellan. well, was the army of the potomac ever mcclellan's army? also, at that figure, it looks like a lot of democratic party union soldiers voted for lincoln. if he hits three out of four -- he did not have this in advance, he was rolling the dice. if we have voter
well, abraham lincoln lost kentucky twice, in 1860 and 1864. lincoln, when we look at the numbers, 55% of the popular vote? wow, that is incredible for a guy who has been on the job four. only 39% of the vote came from the north. when you look at that number, it's like everybody loves lincoln. that is going to be the first time that soldiers are allowed to vote. soldiers on active duty in the united states never voted before for any presidential election. lincoln and other people say, you know,...
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abraham lincoln could be unsupportive and you just don't have to ask mary todd lincoln for evidence of that. we all know george mcclellan said unflattering things about it with him lincoln. but a things about george mcclellan, which we today celebrate as examples of presidential wit. how about how the army of the potomac, for example, was no more than george mcclellan's bodyguard. generally speaking, but unintended, if you are trashing your subordinates in other people, you inspire a lack of respect for them as well. we perceive george mcclellan's comments as outrageous and abraham lincoln's comments is funny. that says something more about us than it does about what is going on here. again, complaints about antietam. what have your horses done that makes them so tired they cannot pursue the enemy? mcclellan's spots is a patient explain -- explanation of the condition of the army of the potomac. you can see behind that he seething. lincoln does not understand anything. he just was to say something funny, and sometimes that funniness, that sarcasm does not hold a good relationship. the
abraham lincoln could be unsupportive and you just don't have to ask mary todd lincoln for evidence of that. we all know george mcclellan said unflattering things about it with him lincoln. but a things about george mcclellan, which we today celebrate as examples of presidential wit. how about how the army of the potomac, for example, was no more than george mcclellan's bodyguard. generally speaking, but unintended, if you are trashing your subordinates in other people, you inspire a lack of...
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abraham lincoln was devastated. you see the pictures of him just before the assassination at the age of 56, he looks about 80 or 85.. president johnson, by 1969, he had courageously been president after having a massive heart attack in 1955, so he had health chance challenges that people didn't even know about. but he was extremely troubled, very suspicious, very angry at his enemies, and lived a very unhappy retirement during the next four years. jack villante, his close friend and former aid and a close friend of mine, said at times he thought lbj was committing -- slow motion suicide, because the doctors had told johnson no smoking, no drinking no overeating and he did all those things, and i think hastened his death. there's a scene where he was called on by alexander hanging who was working for richard ninetyor six and lady bird brins in l his heart pills and lbj afr she leaves those the heart pills into a bush, and says i'm dying and i want to get it over with. that's how much he was spent by being a war presi
abraham lincoln was devastated. you see the pictures of him just before the assassination at the age of 56, he looks about 80 or 85.. president johnson, by 1969, he had courageously been president after having a massive heart attack in 1955, so he had health chance challenges that people didn't even know about. but he was extremely troubled, very suspicious, very angry at his enemies, and lived a very unhappy retirement during the next four years. jack villante, his close friend and former aid...
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on march 9 of 1864, abraham lincoln appointed ulysses s. grant, a lieutenant general, and commanding general of the united states army. with this high honor, lincoln told grant, it devolves upon you a corresponding responsibility. grant's appointment, which in hindsight is sometimes glossed over in histories of the war, was in fact to contemporary eyes a key turning point in the civil war. in the time i have today, i want to unpack that turning point and spend some time discussing it. but before we actually get into the story of grant's appointment as commanding general of the united states army, the formal term for his office, commanding general of the u.s. army, i want to spend time defining and structuring the talk. first of all, let's define a turning point. some of you may have heard from last night's discussion, i used the definition put forward by hp wilmot, the british historian, about the battle of midway. a turning point is a visible sign post that points to a parting of the whip. in my terms, a noticeable course change. there a tu
on march 9 of 1864, abraham lincoln appointed ulysses s. grant, a lieutenant general, and commanding general of the united states army. with this high honor, lincoln told grant, it devolves upon you a corresponding responsibility. grant's appointment, which in hindsight is sometimes glossed over in histories of the war, was in fact to contemporary eyes a key turning point in the civil war. in the time i have today, i want to unpack that turning point and spend some time discussing it. but...
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the last two undisputed descendents of abraham lincoln. robert lincoln had amassed a significant fortune before retiring to hill dean, the home he built in manchester vermont, in 1905. he shunned the limelight and only emerged on rare occasions following his retirement from the pullman company. he rose to the occasion of championing the building of a lincoln memorial, which he greatly admired. he attended the dedication in 1922. as his last full official public appearance. robert todd lincoln died quietly in his sleep on july 26, 1926. his widow, mary, did not want robert overshadowed by his father in death as he had been in life. so she chose to remove him from the lincoln tomb in springfield, where he was buried, and she reburied him at arlington national cemetery, to which he was entitled, because of his civil war marital service. -- military service. she brought the remains of their son jack and varied him at arlington as well. robert widow -- roberts widow mary died in 1937, leaving over $1 million in inheritance. robert, as lincoln's
the last two undisputed descendents of abraham lincoln. robert lincoln had amassed a significant fortune before retiring to hill dean, the home he built in manchester vermont, in 1905. he shunned the limelight and only emerged on rare occasions following his retirement from the pullman company. he rose to the occasion of championing the building of a lincoln memorial, which he greatly admired. he attended the dedication in 1922. as his last full official public appearance. robert todd lincoln...
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for abraham lincoln, it was to get out of the world he had come from.oosevelt, it was adventure but certainly, his ambition that a negative to making lives better for other people. fdr, polio to make self ambition to something bigger. to, a massive heart attack make that. president trump is in this great, powerful office, and how do you transform that ambition from the south i got him incredible a success into an expansive understanding for what he wants to do for the people of the country. he has got his base, and whether they can expand that based that on the other guys could do that. david: it does not necessarily correlate whether you are poor or comfortable. abraham lincoln, i do not understand how poor he really was. it was extraordinary. his father comes back with their new stepmom, they do not have a door on the house. stump privilege can ambition as well as develop ambition. you have to give that the president trump, his ambition was not stunted and neither was roosevelt.y roosevelt. itf depends on what is inside a person. he, only one he went
for abraham lincoln, it was to get out of the world he had come from.oosevelt, it was adventure but certainly, his ambition that a negative to making lives better for other people. fdr, polio to make self ambition to something bigger. to, a massive heart attack make that. president trump is in this great, powerful office, and how do you transform that ambition from the south i got him incredible a success into an expansive understanding for what he wants to do for the people of the country. he...
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that counts for a lot in abraham lincoln's book. so, lincoln decides to try grant out and decides to give him more responsibility. actually, the good thing that he did, because here we are in the fall of 1863 and rosecrans army is advancing to take chattanooga and they've been penned up in the city of chattanooga where they are starving, who will command the relief expedition? it will be u.s. grant. grant will bring his army of the tennessee now under the command of william t sherman, grant will take command and he will replace rosecrans with george henry thomas, who is most famously known as the rock of chickamauga that save the army of cumberland. they will bring to court from the east under the command of joe hooker,. it's a really interesting battle of chattanooga. and in many ways i argue it may have been grant's greatest value -- battle which may surprise you. think about it this way, it's the first battle were east meets west. the eastern armies have a very different corporate culture than the western armies and the western ar
that counts for a lot in abraham lincoln's book. so, lincoln decides to try grant out and decides to give him more responsibility. actually, the good thing that he did, because here we are in the fall of 1863 and rosecrans army is advancing to take chattanooga and they've been penned up in the city of chattanooga where they are starving, who will command the relief expedition? it will be u.s. grant. grant will bring his army of the tennessee now under the command of william t sherman, grant...
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we need to reelect abraham lincoln before we inevitably and invariably lineup at appomattox. lee and grant shakes -- shake hands and it is all over. history, as you know, history does not announce to us it's turning points. you know of my allergy to turning points. instead, the deep contingencies of the war, to use this term. the deep contingencies of the war, i think they animated 1864. they animated 1864 in a way that brought new uncertainties and fears for people on the ground. in a way that issued urgent reminders of all that was at stake in the war. so much was on the line in 1864. absolutely everything that had been fought, lost and suffered. it was on the line as they were yields to relentlessness. soldiers had everything to lose and i think you will be able to detect that when we talk about the character of these battles. that sense that everything can be lost in the tactical tribulation on these battlefields. -- tactical articulation on these battlefields. the war of 1864 is to be choreographed by this guy. ulysees s. grant, the newly minted general in chief of all t
we need to reelect abraham lincoln before we inevitably and invariably lineup at appomattox. lee and grant shakes -- shake hands and it is all over. history, as you know, history does not announce to us it's turning points. you know of my allergy to turning points. instead, the deep contingencies of the war, to use this term. the deep contingencies of the war, i think they animated 1864. they animated 1864 in a way that brought new uncertainties and fears for people on the ground. in a way that...
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lee was a great general, and abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy. i don't know if you know this story. but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and one day it was looking really bad. and lincoln just said, you hardly knew his name. and they said, don't take him. he's got a drinking problem. and lincoln said, i don't care what problem he has. you guys aren't winning. and his name was grant, general grant. [ cheers and applause ] and he went in, and he knocked the hell out of everyone. he really did. he had a serious problem, a serious drinking problem. but, man, was he good a general. and he's finally being recognized as a great general.
lee was a great general, and abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy. i don't know if you know this story. but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and one day it was looking really bad. and lincoln just said, you hardly knew his name. and they said, don't take him. he's got a drinking problem. and lincoln said, i don't care what problem he has. you guys aren't winning. and his name was grant, general grant. [ cheers and...
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to remind ourselves, that we and the country are the party of abraham lincoln. -- republicans were the party that were true to lincoln's views on community, liberty, dignity and equality. we strive to emulate his common sense approach to the nation's political and economic problems. and the lincoln space work of every citizen and his trust in individuals and community, to solve their own problems whenever possible. but we recognize with lincoln that when the problem is beyond the capacity to solve, they must be assured of federal help and generously given it. that is eisenhower connecting the past and the present. not havents may reflected the core beliefs of the republican party that was emerging in the wake of the goldwater campaign. it was increasingly out of sync with eisenhower's way of politics. the republican party was also moving away from the notion of commitment to the black freedom struggle in school integration. -- and school integration in particular. as eisenhower reflected on his knowledge ofe, his abraham lincoln and his own perspectives on the conflict of that time pro
to remind ourselves, that we and the country are the party of abraham lincoln. -- republicans were the party that were true to lincoln's views on community, liberty, dignity and equality. we strive to emulate his common sense approach to the nation's political and economic problems. and the lincoln space work of every citizen and his trust in individuals and community, to solve their own problems whenever possible. but we recognize with lincoln that when the problem is beyond the capacity to...
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it was that argument more than any other in the crisis that led to the republican party come abraham lincoln for the presidency subsequent debates this emerges as the most accurate. it is praiseworthy but misleading. a woeful misreading. lincoln and douglas were correct about the crucial matter, the exclusion of property in man and came closer to what the framers had done that when william lloyd garrison and this is not just an academic fine point for understanding why lincoln and douglas were correct, political and constitutional history from the revolution to the civil war that is profoundly different into the matter of property and van and the constitutional status was the central question back in 2013, professor gates invited me to give lectures which is about as big an honor historian can get these days i still hope to write those. right around this time, civil war historians started focusing on the property issue and that was interesting. then i remembered a line of jameline ofjames madison in a bi pretend in years earlier in which he writes it shouldn't admit the idea of property and
it was that argument more than any other in the crisis that led to the republican party come abraham lincoln for the presidency subsequent debates this emerges as the most accurate. it is praiseworthy but misleading. a woeful misreading. lincoln and douglas were correct about the crucial matter, the exclusion of property in man and came closer to what the framers had done that when william lloyd garrison and this is not just an academic fine point for understanding why lincoln and douglas were...
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and underestimating the radicalism of abraham lincoln being in the white house and the republican party being empower, what's radical about having lincoln and the republicans in power? they are absolutely talking about killing slavery they are talking about killing slavery gradually. republicans believed that if slavery spread was restricted if slavery was not allowed to move into the territories that it would eventually wither and die if it was kept in the states where it already existed in 1861. this is a premise that united most southerners and northern republicans. whether the reason southerners push for slavery's expansion into the territories like kansas and one of the reason there is so much proslavery support for annexing cuba are going into the caribbean or central america and annexing land there is because southerners see slavery needs to expand our will die. they agree with republicans on this idea republican say to anyone who will listen in 1860 and 1861 yes we want to kill slavery but we won't do it overnight. we will put in motion and put in place a set of policies whose c
and underestimating the radicalism of abraham lincoln being in the white house and the republican party being empower, what's radical about having lincoln and the republicans in power? they are absolutely talking about killing slavery they are talking about killing slavery gradually. republicans believed that if slavery spread was restricted if slavery was not allowed to move into the territories that it would eventually wither and die if it was kept in the states where it already existed in...
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if you look at a picture of abraham lincoln, during the inauguration, the capital was not finished, theome was not there. four years later, the second inauguration you can see the pictures, the dome is completed. because he knew that even though the struggle was existential and no one knew the outcome, we had to prepare for the future. and that is the second story of this place. time to see beyond the years as the anthem says and think about the future, future generations of americans. future generations all over the world and what we have to say to them. will this place live up to its legacy? one of the great men of this place, doesn't get enough credit. to bust, jon quincy adams. he was president of the united states. after he stepped down, the people of massachusetts asked him to stand for election to the people's house to represent them here in the house of representatives. he thought about it and thought that would be a great honor and he served with distinction as a cantankerous old man for 17 years. he fought slavery and he thought against a rule that violated the constitution, t
if you look at a picture of abraham lincoln, during the inauguration, the capital was not finished, theome was not there. four years later, the second inauguration you can see the pictures, the dome is completed. because he knew that even though the struggle was existential and no one knew the outcome, we had to prepare for the future. and that is the second story of this place. time to see beyond the years as the anthem says and think about the future, future generations of americans. future...
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i would forego all the other -- just to have abraham lincoln alone. but i would certainly want dolly madison to host it. going back to the trumans, what anita said, there was this great tory about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard mike westwood down from independence for a meeting and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they are running all around. and truman demands that westwood stop it is car and he -- stops the car and he hops out and helps her with the pigs and the media got a handle on this and asked if it was true. he said it's true, but remember i was a farmer. >> and these story, one of the things we did a year ago was come up with the idea to take president ford's story standing up for diversity in his senior year at the university of michigan where his traveling roommate because of the color of his skin couldn't play on the football team, our historical group put this pbs thing together and students would fall asleep. we said let's turn it into a 40-minute play. half mill
i would forego all the other -- just to have abraham lincoln alone. but i would certainly want dolly madison to host it. going back to the trumans, what anita said, there was this great tory about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard mike westwood down from independence for a meeting and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they are running all around. and truman demands that westwood stop it is car and he -- stops the car and he...
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has a weak relationship with his commander-in-chief abraham lincoln. he attempted to use the northern resource advantage bringing up that heavy artillery. absolutely, in conception of fantastic plan, but he failed to neutralize his opponent strengths. i'll give him credit for not knowing what the opponents strengths at the time were in 1862 when few people could identify the state that gettysburg is located in, when no one has heard of antietam creek. mcclellan didn't know that it was, that the confederates were that willing to lose their lives for secession. though the strategy and conception was fine, but he could not executed to conclusion. thsus, did not harness the power of the union war effort. grant two years later is going to use the overland campaign as just one piece of the puzzle the way chris just spoke about. note a littleg to footnote, something that mcclellan's going to leave behind that is going to make grant's campaign in 1864 even more difficult. mcclellan falls back. the go from malborn hill to james river. they stay there until mid-
has a weak relationship with his commander-in-chief abraham lincoln. he attempted to use the northern resource advantage bringing up that heavy artillery. absolutely, in conception of fantastic plan, but he failed to neutralize his opponent strengths. i'll give him credit for not knowing what the opponents strengths at the time were in 1862 when few people could identify the state that gettysburg is located in, when no one has heard of antietam creek. mcclellan didn't know that it was, that the...
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abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy -- i don't know if you know this story, but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle, and abraham lincoln came home and said i can't beat robert e. lee? >> really? i don't recall that in any of, say, doris kearns' books. >> it seems like in many of the president gives there are these comments that in another time we would have called them dog whistles or winking tore our racist -- and suddenly they're much more overt. we saw it during his comments about charlottesville. he's willing to step up to the line and praise esome from the civil war, and i think he evidently sees a political benefit in it. >>> your final comment? >> i think once again it's president trump playing to that base, and i think that will always be questionable. but also i think it shows that president trump is talking so much these days, you wonder, is he running out of things to talk about that he has to talk about robert e. lee, so many interviews and so many rally speeches. it seems like h
abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy -- i don't know if you know this story, but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle, and abraham lincoln came home and said i can't beat robert e. lee? >> really? i don't recall that in any of, say, doris kearns' books. >> it seems like in many of the president gives there are these comments that in another time we would have called them dog whistles or winking tore our racist -- and...
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abraham lincoln was assassinated.as an attempt on the vice president and miss of the cabinet. you can't compare that to the 10 packages, nobody died, no member of government except except the congresswoman from california. trish: around presidential historian. you have the context around this. what bothered me is people are trying to in a phoney pseudointellectual way manipulate history for their own particular politics. >> it's an insult to your intelligence. donald trump of all people waltz adult in the room. he was calling for unity and said we can't allow this sort of thing in a democracy. and yet you get this kind of -- compare that to the bernie sanders supporter who walked into that baseball field in virginia and started shooting congressmen who were republican senators and congressman. that would have changed history. and the comment from the news, cbs scott pelly, wonderful guy, i always thought here is a dispassionate open journalist. but he must have had red hot flood flowing through his version ins. he sai
abraham lincoln was assassinated.as an attempt on the vice president and miss of the cabinet. you can't compare that to the 10 packages, nobody died, no member of government except except the congresswoman from california. trish: around presidential historian. you have the context around this. what bothered me is people are trying to in a phoney pseudointellectual way manipulate history for their own particular politics. >> it's an insult to your intelligence. donald trump of all people...
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and i would forego all of the other, just to have, you know, abraham lincoln alone. but i would certainly want dolly madison to host it. going back to the trumans. just what anita said, there's this great story about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard, mike westwood, down from independence to jefferson city for a meeting. skpr and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they're running all around. and truman demands that westwood stop the car and he hops -- truman hops out and helps her to coral these pigs. a reporter gets wind of this when truman, you know, arrives at his destination in jefferson city. and they ask him if it's true. he said, yeah, of course it's true, but remember, i was a farmer before i was president. >> see. >> so down to earth. >> i think we have a question. >> yeah, trying to tie into your comments, and i appreciate that gerald r. ford story. one of the things we did a year ago was to come up with the idea to take president ford's story of standing up for diversity in his senior ye
and i would forego all of the other, just to have, you know, abraham lincoln alone. but i would certainly want dolly madison to host it. going back to the trumans. just what anita said, there's this great story about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard, mike westwood, down from independence to jefferson city for a meeting. skpr and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they're running all around. and truman demands that westwood...
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abraham lincoln is freeing the sale leaves -- freeing the slaves. abraham lincoln is higher any breaks the chains. he is the gift giver. if we have a mythology which draws on that image, what you are actually doing is duplicating what the southern masters thought about, you cannot get free that way. if the agent of your freedom is abraham lincoln, you are not the agent for your freedom. it comes as a gift. the giving of a gift, diminishes the status of the person receiving the gift and adds to the status of the person giving the gift. >> when you say giving a gift are you meaning something physical or are you meaning the gift of freedom? >> both. we are talking end of in terms of. king is an interesting example. king is a pacifist. and yet everything we know about him is he was extremely brave and willing to die. in a sense, even though he is not intending to, he is speaking the language which could speak to the masters. that is why he becomes a national figure. he cut across a lot of lines that way. it's unusual. if you're just a pacifist and you g
abraham lincoln is freeing the sale leaves -- freeing the slaves. abraham lincoln is higher any breaks the chains. he is the gift giver. if we have a mythology which draws on that image, what you are actually doing is duplicating what the southern masters thought about, you cannot get free that way. if the agent of your freedom is abraham lincoln, you are not the agent for your freedom. it comes as a gift. the giving of a gift, diminishes the status of the person receiving the gift and adds to...
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abraham lincoln and the congresses in that time. oferstood the symbolism finishing the capital.f you look at a picture of abraham lincoln in the inauguration of 1861, the capital is not finished, the dome is not there. in his seconder, inauguration, you can see the pictures, it has been complete. even though the struggle was existential and no one knew the outcome, we had to prepare for the future. that is the second story of this place. trying to see beyond the years as the great anthem says. americans,rations of future generations all over the world and what we had to say to them. will this place live up to its legacy? one of the great men of this place who does not get enough himit, there is a bust to there, john quincy adams. he was president of the united states, and after he stepped down the people of quincy, massachusetts asked him to stand at the people's house to represent them here. he thought about it and thought that would be a great honor. distinction of a contender is old man for 17 years. he fought slavery, and he thought against a rule that violated the constitut
abraham lincoln and the congresses in that time. oferstood the symbolism finishing the capital.f you look at a picture of abraham lincoln in the inauguration of 1861, the capital is not finished, the dome is not there. in his seconder, inauguration, you can see the pictures, it has been complete. even though the struggle was existential and no one knew the outcome, we had to prepare for the future. that is the second story of this place. trying to see beyond the years as the great anthem says....
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and abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy.re. take your razor, yup. alright, up and down, never side to side, shaquem. you got it? come on, get back. quem, you a second behind your brother, stay focused. can't nobody beat you, can't nobody beat you. hard work baby, it gonna pay off. you got this. with the one hundred and forty-first pick, the seattle seahawks select. alright, you got it, shaquem. alright, let me see. the meeting of the executive finance committee is now in session. and... adjourned. business loans for eligible card members up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 seconds. the powerful backing of american express. don't do business without it. man: are unpredictable crohn's symptoms following you everywhere? it's time to take back control with stelara®. for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease, stelara® works differently. studies showed relief and remission with dosing every 8 weeks. woman: stelara® may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may incr
and abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy.re. take your razor, yup. alright, up and down, never side to side, shaquem. you got it? come on, get back. quem, you a second behind your brother, stay focused. can't nobody beat you, can't nobody beat you. hard work baby, it gonna pay off. you got this. with the one hundred and forty-first pick, the seattle seahawks select. alright, you got it, shaquem. alright, let me see. the meeting of the executive...
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abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy. robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and abraham lincoln came home and said i can't beat robert e. lee. he had all of these generals who looked great, they were top of their class at west point. they were the greatest people. there was only one problem. they didn't know how the hell to win. jesse: then he goes on during the speech and says you his sees grant they found out had a drinking problem, didn't look great, they picked him, he knew how to win and got the job done. now they are just saying donald trump praises confederate general robert e. lee as great. >> this is the narrative the mainstream media always wants to do. 92% of coverage of this president has been negative. that would be fine if we were at 25% unemployment and the worst crime in history. but what they want to do is being selective of their coverage of trump. they don't want to give the full story. the american people are very smart. they are tired of the mainstream media lying to them. the best thing w
abraham lincoln developed a phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. he was going crazy. robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and abraham lincoln came home and said i can't beat robert e. lee. he had all of these generals who looked great, they were top of their class at west point. they were the greatest people. there was only one problem. they didn't know how the hell to win. jesse: then he goes on during the speech and says you his sees grant they found out had a...
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four months after the battle, abraham lincoln came to gettysburg. he met abraham lincoln. a few days after the battle, the famous photographer took his photograph in front of his house. he enjoyed at large popularity after the battle. there were articles written about him in newspapers that i will talk about. he traveled the united states, it he was a well-known figure. he had some well known for notice, well-known promoters. when i started to write this book years ago, i realized that no one had ever really written anything in detail or in length about him. i was taken by his story as a historian, because of the fact that he survived the battle and told a lot of people about what happened to him during the fighting. he was interviewed several times. of course, as a challenge to historians, when you compare all of the things he said about the battle, they are different. i don't mean that he told a story and it got better as time goes by. it was different every time he told it. one of the things i really wanted to do when i set out to write a book on john burns, was to lay
four months after the battle, abraham lincoln came to gettysburg. he met abraham lincoln. a few days after the battle, the famous photographer took his photograph in front of his house. he enjoyed at large popularity after the battle. there were articles written about him in newspapers that i will talk about. he traveled the united states, it he was a well-known figure. he had some well known for notice, well-known promoters. when i started to write this book years ago, i realized that no one...
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1864 was, for the nation bear those losses long enough to allow for a rim lincoln distill -- for abraham lincoln to still when the election and make progress to win the war that lincoln would be reelected? that is a horrible calculus to have to make. it is very clear. there are memoirs of him at the wilderness at one point sitting on his cot and sobbing. i don't know if that is -- i'm curious what you would think of that, brooks. i have not looked at all the sources. i think his decision not to include that sort of thing has left him open and vulnerable to this continued perception of him as an uncaring, attached, clinical butcher. hed, clinical butcher. >> it makes a very smart decisions as a commander. i was hoping you and your fa fellow panelist might speak as to how political considerations shaped grant's strategic decision-making processes. >> is strategic decision-making processes -- 1864, robert e. lee 's report said it grant ever crosses the james river, in only be a matter of time. the fact is grant did not have all the time he needed to have. the had to produce victories that appealed
1864 was, for the nation bear those losses long enough to allow for a rim lincoln distill -- for abraham lincoln to still when the election and make progress to win the war that lincoln would be reelected? that is a horrible calculus to have to make. it is very clear. there are memoirs of him at the wilderness at one point sitting on his cot and sobbing. i don't know if that is -- i'm curious what you would think of that, brooks. i have not looked at all the sources. i think his decision not to...
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, it starts to convince people and so as the new york times proclaims, a glorious result from abraham lincoln. lincoln wins the election, what are some of the unique things about the election of 1864 . >> the biggest one is allowing soldiers to vote, they make a serious effort to make this happen to get absentee ballots because there are states that have not planned for them and it's a little unsure because you don't necessarily think the men are going to vote for it but you see that they do . >> they can have peace now . >> i was just going to say the left side of the vote itself is pretty much all republican in every aspect and they are saying this is one of the first times they had seen this . >> it's just amazing that this happened. you don't see any other country doing this for election and this actually plays in this amazing he's going to get the pace . >> he talks about lifelong democrat and says they all want peace, and an honorable one. >> they talk about the closeness and family ties of the war, will you just give up or seek peace against those who killed your brother or your cousin
, it starts to convince people and so as the new york times proclaims, a glorious result from abraham lincoln. lincoln wins the election, what are some of the unique things about the election of 1864 . >> the biggest one is allowing soldiers to vote, they make a serious effort to make this happen to get absentee ballots because there are states that have not planned for them and it's a little unsure because you don't necessarily think the men are going to vote for it but you see that they...
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and i'm happy to be a part of the party of abraham lincoln, but i want the party of abraham lincoln to capture some of that history to thrust us forward into a 10- and 25-year vision of how we solve problems. >> so, a lot of the critique for you is about how the senate isn't functioning properly. you've called yourself an independent conservative that caucuses with the republicans. and there is this path that is being considered, that if there were maybe 5 or 6, maybe even 4 independents in the senate -- maybe not independents, but individuals who caucus together apart from the republican and democratic party, there would be a way to wrest power both from the republicans and the democrats and to take the balance of power back in order to sort of navigate a path that could be more functional. >> i think that kind of idea -- first of all, it appeals to me in lots of ways, but i think that kind of idea would require some democrats to also be interested in some long-term debates. and i think, in the news of the day, the last, you know, 48 hours, people are talking a lot about the u.s. role
and i'm happy to be a part of the party of abraham lincoln, but i want the party of abraham lincoln to capture some of that history to thrust us forward into a 10- and 25-year vision of how we solve problems. >> so, a lot of the critique for you is about how the senate isn't functioning properly. you've called yourself an independent conservative that caucuses with the republicans. and there is this path that is being considered, that if there were maybe 5 or 6, maybe even 4 independents...
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he needed something there and pinkerton knew from the railroads -- pinkerton probably saved abraham lincoln's life in 1861 as he came to baltimore, there was a plot to kill him and we think it was genuine. pinkerton figured out a way using agents to get lincoln to baltimore into washington. so i think he did a real service. for pinkerton and mcclellan, it is interesting because pinkerton adored mcclellan and mcclellan was a guy that knew how to organize organ -- armies . but he was not able to fight them. so what happens is, he believes throughout the entirety of the peninsula campaign, up to basically his removal in november 1962 after antietam, mcclellan believes that he is outnumbered. sometimes he says four times as -- as more. if you look at the numbers of the time, if lee had more than four times what mcclellan had, that was every man in the confederacy serving in the army's west and east. mcclellan had in his head and was reluctant to do anything until he knew he could win. which is the difference with grant. grant was not afraid to try conclusions even if they were risky. he interroga
he needed something there and pinkerton knew from the railroads -- pinkerton probably saved abraham lincoln's life in 1861 as he came to baltimore, there was a plot to kill him and we think it was genuine. pinkerton figured out a way using agents to get lincoln to baltimore into washington. so i think he did a real service. for pinkerton and mcclellan, it is interesting because pinkerton adored mcclellan and mcclellan was a guy that knew how to organize organ -- armies . but he was not able to...
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abraham lincoln was a republican, right? right? i was having arguments with people, we were talking about what the republicans were doing. i don't know, i wasn't probably on my game and i wasn't doing so well. i just blurted it out. i said it strong. but abraham lincoln was a republican. and i won the argument. i just said that. honest abe. i wonder if he was really that honest. let's assume honest abe was honest abe. he was a republican. your leadership helps our entire country see that the republican party is growing. it's true. it's becoming a vibrant party of you. because of you. and youth all over. but because of you. and it's growing like never before. it's a party of opportunity. it's a party for all americans regardless of race or religion or gender. and we're fighting for the right of every american child to grow up in a safe community. so important. sometimes you'll say we want strong action, we want safety. and they'll say, well, is that a racial comment? is that a racist comment? you know, we want safety. we don't want
abraham lincoln was a republican, right? right? i was having arguments with people, we were talking about what the republicans were doing. i don't know, i wasn't probably on my game and i wasn't doing so well. i just blurted it out. i said it strong. but abraham lincoln was a republican. and i won the argument. i just said that. honest abe. i wonder if he was really that honest. let's assume honest abe was honest abe. he was a republican. your leadership helps our entire country see that the...
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springfield became the state's capital in 1637 and the cities moan for being the hometown of abraham lincoln and joining is on the c-span bus this morning. state representative tim but lear republican who vents the same house seat that lincoln once stood. mr. butler, good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal help of illinois, illinois is a state that is coptiansly ranked at the bottom or near the pottom of fiscal health when it comes to
springfield became the state's capital in 1637 and the cities moan for being the hometown of abraham lincoln and joining is on the c-span bus this morning. state representative tim but lear republican who vents the same house seat that lincoln once stood. mr. butler, good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal help of illinois, illinois is a state that is coptiansly ranked at the bottom or near the pottom of fiscal health when it comes to
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66 and springfield became the state's capital in 1637 and the cities for being the hometown of abraham lincoln and joining is on the c-span bus this morning. tim butpresentative the republican who vents same house seat that lincoln once stood. mr. butler, good morning to you. fiscal helpwith the of illinois, illinois is a state that is coptiansly ranked at the bottom or near the pottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings why is that? >> well, we have a lot of big chal lens in illinois when it comes to the budget house. bottf fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings big white is that? -- rankings. why is that? guest: we have huge pension debt in the state of illinois. with $130 billion in unfunded pension liability. medicaid payments have skyrocketed over the next -- past decade and a half. on top of that, we are coming off an unprecedented budget impasse, what we did not have a budget for the state of illinois for two years. that accumulated unpaid bills upwards of $60 million. debt just our structural problem in the state of illinois is squeezing out a lot of
66 and springfield became the state's capital in 1637 and the cities for being the hometown of abraham lincoln and joining is on the c-span bus this morning. tim butpresentative the republican who vents same house seat that lincoln once stood. mr. butler, good morning to you. fiscal helpwith the of illinois, illinois is a state that is coptiansly ranked at the bottom or near the pottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings why is that? >> well, we have a lot of big chal...
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you have the great point about abraham lincoln. i feel that it's democrats squawking because they're struggling to find a message, struggling to find unity. they want to blame the system. they give the appearance of one not understanding our history, number 1. that's a problem. number 2, not appreciating our country and how our founders set it up. >> tucker: that's right. they could run or middle class economics. that always works. >> this is a big waste of time. the electoral college is not going to change. in your grandchildren's lifetime, they might take another run at it. >> tucker: i pray for that. thank you. great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: just a few decades ago, california was the greatest state in the union. there's no argument anymore. what happened there and does have it any lessons for the other states today? that's next. of course, most people in washington would like the entire country to copy california. that's explained in "ship of fools." why? they're incompetent. they're in charge. that book i
you have the great point about abraham lincoln. i feel that it's democrats squawking because they're struggling to find a message, struggling to find unity. they want to blame the system. they give the appearance of one not understanding our history, number 1. that's a problem. number 2, not appreciating our country and how our founders set it up. >> tucker: that's right. they could run or middle class economics. that always works. >> this is a big waste of time. the electoral...
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lee was a great general, and abraham lincoln developed a phobia, he couldn't beat robert e. lee, he was going crazy. i don't know if you know this. but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle and abraham lincoln came home and he said i can't beat robert e. lee. >> now i said president obama, obviously it was president trump that said that. how does anyone expect for african americans to honor them with their vote if they're calling a confederate general, who led a military movement based really on treason and on slave ownership, calls him a great general? >> what it shows is that donald trump really does not know the african american audience well. first of all that phrasing african americans should honor republicans, a little bit awkward shall we say. and the next night in ohio he went on this tangent about general lee who he knows that his base appreciates, primarily white, very concerned over the removal of confederate statues, those are the real people he's trying to attract. when he speaks to african americans, it's off the cuff. it doesn't really mat
lee was a great general, and abraham lincoln developed a phobia, he couldn't beat robert e. lee, he was going crazy. i don't know if you know this. but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle and abraham lincoln came home and he said i can't beat robert e. lee. >> now i said president obama, obviously it was president trump that said that. how does anyone expect for african americans to honor them with their vote if they're calling a confederate general, who led a...
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both of the photographs were owned by abraham lincoln. mary lincoln to be specific. we don't know how they came to own a photograph of grant, mary lincoln was not a fan or admirer of the man she regarded as a butcher and felt was being rewarded to handsomely after her husband died and she was not. robert lincoln who was on grants staff in the last months of the war, brought the photograph back to the white house and showed it to abraham lincoln who supposedly said, and here we go with the mystification of lee, it's a good faith, a noble faith, i'm glad the war is over at last. and that is the picture that lincoln had on it came from robert. a very odd. i just want to spend a little time with the wonderful questions i've gotten that we can get to those but we won't be able to tell the postpresidential story. . let's start with you, what turned out to be lee's fatal flaw? if any? >> i suppose that what southerners would say as he commanded an army half the size of his foe and lee might have agreed with that, if he had a fatal flaw in terms of the way he commanded, he b
both of the photographs were owned by abraham lincoln. mary lincoln to be specific. we don't know how they came to own a photograph of grant, mary lincoln was not a fan or admirer of the man she regarded as a butcher and felt was being rewarded to handsomely after her husband died and she was not. robert lincoln who was on grants staff in the last months of the war, brought the photograph back to the white house and showed it to abraham lincoln who supposedly said, and here we go with the...
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think about what it was like for abraham lincoln.ice and the country is already split apart. 600,000 people would be dead in the civil war. he said if he ever knew what he would go through, he couldn't have lived through it. teddy roosevelt comes through in the industrial revolution. the working class is in a mood of rebellion. there are nationwide strikes, violence in the streets, and somehow he's able to deal with the square deal for the rich and poor and channel that populist energy into positive reform. fdr comes in when the banking system has collapsed. people are taking their money out of the banks. people are out of jobs and it looked like the future of capitalism was at risk. lbj comes in with the assassination of jfk and the civil rights movement is stalled in the senate and the bill. and there's a lot of violence in the streets. each time, there was a leader who was able to deal with the crisis, and citizens who were awakened. the civil rights movement, the progressive movement. the bond between the leader and the movement
think about what it was like for abraham lincoln.ice and the country is already split apart. 600,000 people would be dead in the civil war. he said if he ever knew what he would go through, he couldn't have lived through it. teddy roosevelt comes through in the industrial revolution. the working class is in a mood of rebellion. there are nationwide strikes, violence in the streets, and somehow he's able to deal with the square deal for the rich and poor and channel that populist energy into...
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and abraham lincoln developed a phob phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. i don't know if you know this story. but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and abraham lincoln came home, he said, i can't beat robert e. lee! >> this was the day after that oval office meeting with kanye west. what's the messaging here? especially when it comes to african-american voters. >> well, incredibly striking that the president says it's time for african-americans to pay tribute and vote for him because he's done so much them at the polls -- so much for them at the polls, then goes to the dog whistles praising the civil general for the south saying he was a great general. it is -- he shoots himself in the foot every time. he tries to make inroads, tries to make his case on where the economic case, my african-americans should vote for him. but tonally, the entire racist ways in which he appeals, the same that goes back to charlottesville a few years ago, it really just -- it's tonally always just so disturbing, so outrageous to african-american voters
and abraham lincoln developed a phob phobia. he couldn't beat robert e. lee. i don't know if you know this story. but robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and abraham lincoln came home, he said, i can't beat robert e. lee! >> this was the day after that oval office meeting with kanye west. what's the messaging here? especially when it comes to african-american voters. >> well, incredibly striking that the president says it's time for african-americans to pay...
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abraham lincoln fought for his vision to unite the north and the south as a new birth of freedom. so all people would be treated equally, without regard for color or race. in his famous gettysburg address of 1863, at the dedication of the soldiers national cemetery to honor union soldiers who had abrahamthe civil war, lincoln, president lincoln, inspired our nation, inspired americans to fight on so these dead shall not have died in vain, and that this nation under god will have a new birth of freedom. and that government of the people, by the people, by you, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. nearly -- just slightly over 100 his 1964 speech at the republican national convention, another great american, another great american servant. subsequently president of the united states, ronald reagan. essence of whye the fight by americans against he ready -- tyranny and injustice will never end, must never end. freedom is quote never more than one generation away from extinction. we didn't pass it to our children. it must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to
abraham lincoln fought for his vision to unite the north and the south as a new birth of freedom. so all people would be treated equally, without regard for color or race. in his famous gettysburg address of 1863, at the dedication of the soldiers national cemetery to honor union soldiers who had abrahamthe civil war, lincoln, president lincoln, inspired our nation, inspired americans to fight on so these dead shall not have died in vain, and that this nation under god will have a new birth of...
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that made absolutely no sense. >> you know, when abraham lincoln made the gettysburg addrs speech speech, do you know he was ridiculed? he was ridiculed. he went up to gettysburg. and he delivered that speech, the gettysburg address. and he was excoriated by the fake news. they had fake news. he was excoriated.d they s was a terrible, terrible speech. they said it was far too short. it's not long. many of us know it by memory. >> seth: no. [ laughter ] you do not know the gettysburg address by memory. i doubt you know your own address by memory. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ]e "it's thrge pizzas. it's a white house. [ laughter ] e.it's just a big white ho [ laughter ] so now trump's white house is engaged in aggressive attempt to hunt down and expose the leakers he'sis government who thin out of his mind. and they've reportedly considered some extreme measures. >> advisors to the president are considering all their optis cluding the idea of a lie detectorest. >> seth: you want trump staffers to take lie detector tests? that thing is ing to start freaking out as soon as you g
that made absolutely no sense. >> you know, when abraham lincoln made the gettysburg addrs speech speech, do you know he was ridiculed? he was ridiculed. he went up to gettysburg. and he delivered that speech, the gettysburg address. and he was excoriated by the fake news. they had fake news. he was excoriated.d they s was a terrible, terrible speech. they said it was far too short. it's not long. many of us know it by memory. >> seth: no. [ laughter ] you do not know the gettysburg...