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his loyalty to lincoln. complete, absolute. lincoln shafted him in 1860. he did not give him a federal job he coveted. and when carter tried to troops in illinois lincoln actually told him he was embarrassing him because he didn't have enough supplies for all the regiments that had volunteered. ultimately, the best he can do is follow schertz as ambassador to madrid or to spain. when schertz comes back to raise a regiment and kerner was jealous of schertz for sure. schertz was highly influenced among the republican germans and protestant germans. yes, he had lots of enemies. he got a lot of help from media. oh, he was a darling of the media. he knew how to play it. and kerner was, you know, but he carter was the first german to be lieutenant governor of illinois, loyal lincoln supporter. i think as always is a complicated question. you talking about early germans many of whom are catholic the protestant wave that comes after the revolutions of 1848 are largely practiced. and there's an argument about whether 1860 they're 50, 50 or 6040. i they tend more to
his loyalty to lincoln. complete, absolute. lincoln shafted him in 1860. he did not give him a federal job he coveted. and when carter tried to troops in illinois lincoln actually told him he was embarrassing him because he didn't have enough supplies for all the regiments that had volunteered. ultimately, the best he can do is follow schertz as ambassador to madrid or to spain. when schertz comes back to raise a regiment and kerner was jealous of schertz for sure. schertz was highly influenced...
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lincoln's tales. and so early on in process, i thought to myself, if i could get the author of this book to come and speak maybe this thing will work out extremely. and so i was absolutely thrilled. when tom wheeler, the author of, mr. lincoln's t mails, accepted the invitation to be with us as, a speaker at this year's civil war weekend, wheeler is businessman, an author and a public figure. i'm not even going to try and read out the list of his accomplishments. a few highlights include his service as chairman of. the federal communications commission from 2013 to 2017. he's a visiting fellow at brookings institution. as well, as a senior fellow at the harvard school. his publication does include a really insightful about leadership lessons from civil war, as well as the one i've already mentioned. and i know. you've got a big clue about one behind me on the screen. mr. lincoln's t mails and that, of course, is going to be the subject of, his presentation tonight. let's give him a warm welcome to vir
lincoln's tales. and so early on in process, i thought to myself, if i could get the author of this book to come and speak maybe this thing will work out extremely. and so i was absolutely thrilled. when tom wheeler, the author of, mr. lincoln's t mails, accepted the invitation to be with us as, a speaker at this year's civil war weekend, wheeler is businessman, an author and a public figure. i'm not even going to try and read out the list of his accomplishments. a few highlights include his...
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lincoln received david herbert, the great lincoln biographer, estimated lincoln received between two and 300 letters a day. we think our inboxes are full every day, right? lincoln's was very full and he had private secretary aides who worked under the rule refer as little to the president as possible. so they would always try screen the letters and send them to someone who could handle it first. oftentimes would then wind up back at the white house. and if it was a matter that lincoln needed to deal with, it was a pardon request, then that letter would eventually get to lincoln and he would deal with it. lincoln would often take the advice of his. he had people he trusted giving him advice. and so they might look into the content of a letter, figure out what the background was and then say to lincoln, we think this is what should happen, this case. and often he took their advice, although not always right. last question for this round. keep them coming. were any of the black soldiers who wrote to lincoln ever invited to the white house to discuss requests? that's a great question. i
lincoln received david herbert, the great lincoln biographer, estimated lincoln received between two and 300 letters a day. we think our inboxes are full every day, right? lincoln's was very full and he had private secretary aides who worked under the rule refer as little to the president as possible. so they would always try screen the letters and send them to someone who could handle it first. oftentimes would then wind up back at the white house. and if it was a matter that lincoln needed to...
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abraham lincoln, the great hero -- abraham lincoln, my great hero. i've been a student of presidential history my whole life, particularly over the last 10 years, that has been pretty much my sole focus in terms of what i have written about and read. >> and the book looks at eight different presidents. how did you pick those eight? >> well, my choice for my eight richest presidents comes largely from the c-span presidential ranking poll. the last two poles, 2017 and 2080 -- 2021, the they have been the same britt lincoln, one, fdr, three, eisenhower, five, truman, six, jefferson, seven, kennedy eight, reagan, nine. i think truman is overrated. i think reagan is underrated. truman was ineffective in dealing with mccarthyism. he gets credit for bringing a quick end to world war ii. i think that was a no-brainer. there was no way we weren't going to drop those bombs. i think the best thing that ever happened to harry truman was when there was a pulitzer biography of him. that endeared him to many. i'm very satisfied with my choice of the eight. as i've
abraham lincoln, the great hero -- abraham lincoln, my great hero. i've been a student of presidential history my whole life, particularly over the last 10 years, that has been pretty much my sole focus in terms of what i have written about and read. >> and the book looks at eight different presidents. how did you pick those eight? >> well, my choice for my eight richest presidents comes largely from the c-span presidential ranking poll. the last two poles, 2017 and 2080 -- 2021,...
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lincoln. lincoln speech to the young men of springfield was called the perpetuation of our institute. as a more conservative sounding title, impossible to imagine a and this is what he said in part blood of the revolution never to of the laws of the c.particular let every man remember that to vile hate the law is to trampl on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own and his children' liberty. let nce for the laws be breathed by every american mother to the lispbe that prattles on her lap. in short, let it become the and let the young and the old,n the rich and the poor, the grave and y of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. now, that sounds and has sometimes been represented, then used by scholars to indicate a staunchly conservative defense of the state as quote and up to a point, it was. but what we really see here, i think, is lincoln taking a conserver tive position, using the argument for the defense of the instituti
lincoln. lincoln speech to the young men of springfield was called the perpetuation of our institute. as a more conservative sounding title, impossible to imagine a and this is what he said in part blood of the revolution never to of the laws of the c.particular let every man remember that to vile hate the law is to trampl on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own and his children' liberty. let nce for the laws be breathed by every american mother to the lispbe that...
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battle, but he was very insulting to lincoln, very rude to lincoln. and yet lincoln didn't take any of it personally. and in time, of course, he fired mcclellan ultimately found the general who could win the war. and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was incredibly generous in his pardons as the war was coming to a he had a magnum almost attitude toward the confederacy he wanted them to come back to the union. he wanted people to lock again as they had been long before. the slavery crisis arose and so had a very magnanimous attitude toward the confederacy. and last but not least, he had a very magnanimous toward his wife, mary. mary was, just a shrew. she was smart. she ambitious, and thus fueled lincoln's rise. so they shared that in common. he recognized at the very outset, in fact, when they start that inch here's thi
battle, but he was very insulting to lincoln, very rude to lincoln. and yet lincoln didn't take any of it personally. and in time, of course, he fired mcclellan ultimately found the general who could win the war. and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was...
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int lincoln white house after lincoln's death. she was involved in the old clothes scandal with mary lincoln and in 1868, she wrote a book called behind the scenes as a way of telling her story, but also trying to vindicate mary since she was involved with this, this woman so closely, she needed to show that she was upright in her own activities as well. the problem is, is that she then gave some letters to her editor that were included in the book, and they were very personal about the lincolns. and she essentially became persona non grata with most lincoln people. and most of us now know her of that lincoln story. so my connection with this and what i wrote about in the essay is when i was an undergraduate, i wrote a senior seminar paper on elizabeth keckley and i kind of this is terrible, but i kind of promised myself, like, if i got an a on this paper, i will go to her grave in washington, d.c. because i got an a, but we never doubted. now, sometimes you do have to doubt, but but the problem was as i had access to johnny washi
int lincoln white house after lincoln's death. she was involved in the old clothes scandal with mary lincoln and in 1868, she wrote a book called behind the scenes as a way of telling her story, but also trying to vindicate mary since she was involved with this, this woman so closely, she needed to show that she was upright in her own activities as well. the problem is, is that she then gave some letters to her editor that were included in the book, and they were very personal about the...
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battle, but he was very insulting to lincoln, very rude to lincoln. and yet lincoln didn't take any of it personally. and in time, of course, he fired mcclellan ultimately found the general who could win the war. and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was incredibly generous in his pardons as the war was coming to a he had a magnum almost attitude toward the confederacy he wanted them to come back to the union. he wanted people to lock again as they had been long before. the slavery crisis arose and so had a very magnanimous attitude toward the confederacy. and last but not least, he had a very magnanimous toward his wife, mary. mary was, just a shrew. she was smart. she ambitious, and thus fueled lincoln's rise. so they shared that in common. he recognized at the very outset, in fact, when they start that inch here's thi
battle, but he was very insulting to lincoln, very rude to lincoln. and yet lincoln didn't take any of it personally. and in time, of course, he fired mcclellan ultimately found the general who could win the war. and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was...
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lincoln, the great hero. abraham lincoln, at i've been a student of presidential history my whole life. that has been my sole focus in terms of what i have written about and read. host: the book looks at eight different pren how did you pick those eight? guest: my choice for my eight greatest presidents largely from the c-span presidential ranking poll. th poles, 2017 and 2021, the top nine have bactlth. lincoln, onewa fdr, three. theater rooseveeisenhower, five. truman, six. jefferson, seven. kennedy, eight. reagan, nine. i think truman i overrated and reagan is underrated. truman got had no idea how to get us out. he wasn deing with mccarthyism. he gets a lot of credit for bringing an end to world war ii. i think it was a no-brainer. there was no way w were not going to drop the bombs. the best thing that happened to harry truman was dave and mcculloch wrote a biography about him. i'm satisfied with my choice of the eight. closely tied to the c-span pole. guest: the most -- host: the most recent one done in
lincoln, the great hero. abraham lincoln, at i've been a student of presidential history my whole life. that has been my sole focus in terms of what i have written about and read. host: the book looks at eight different pren how did you pick those eight? guest: my choice for my eight greatest presidents largely from the c-span presidential ranking poll. th poles, 2017 and 2021, the top nine have bactlth. lincoln, onewa fdr, three. theater rooseveeisenhower, five. truman, six. jefferson, seven....
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but why secretary cameron was delayed in responding to lincoln and a kentuckian in lincoln's cabinet reached out and brought him into his his cabinet department. and that was postmaster blair, who had to west point, who was a kentuckian and and was postmaster general. he appointed marquand in t fall 1861 to be as special agent. the us post office department. now at that time sci agents were the police department of the post office and indeed their successors. today are called postal inspectors. i met one of them when i gave this talk and charles, then a couple of weeks ago it was to you was wonderful to actually meet one of them. but they are ones that that cracked down on crime dealing with mail. if you remember when steve bannon was arrested on the russian yacht for the let's build the wall scam, he arrested by a postal inspector. these men that have to be smart, brazil elegant, resourceful and courageous in dealing with problems. so he becomes this special and he's sent to cairo, illinois, at that time, the biggest crisis in the post department was the number of soldiers until the
but why secretary cameron was delayed in responding to lincoln and a kentuckian in lincoln's cabinet reached out and brought him into his his cabinet department. and that was postmaster blair, who had to west point, who was a kentuckian and and was postmaster general. he appointed marquand in t fall 1861 to be as special agent. the us post office department. now at that time sci agents were the police department of the post office and indeed their successors. today are called postal inspectors....
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lincoln through his words and lincoln in private, which won baroness lincoln award. his most recent book, which speak about this morning, is on fields the life and unlikely heroism of joshua lawrence chamberlain. please give join me in giving a lincoln forum forum welcome ron white. thank you, john, for your friendship and your leadership then harold for the invitation to be here and all of you already we've had wonderful conversations. we will certainly have more as the time goes forward. as i prepared biography of joshua lawrence chamberlain and i received a telephone call from, brunswick, maine the woman herself as a consultant charged with rewriting the script to for visitors to see the remarkable chamberlain. after we talked for a while i asked her at the end of the conversation well, who comes to the chamberlain home? well, she said about 60% are chamberlain fans. they just packed their way. she said the other 40% are people who have been wrangled by their friends or relative. so already a few of you have identified yourselves as part of the 40%. i suspect this
lincoln through his words and lincoln in private, which won baroness lincoln award. his most recent book, which speak about this morning, is on fields the life and unlikely heroism of joshua lawrence chamberlain. please give join me in giving a lincoln forum forum welcome ron white. thank you, john, for your friendship and your leadership then harold for the invitation to be here and all of you already we've had wonderful conversations. we will certainly have more as the time goes forward. as i...
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the assassination of lincoln. yeah. i think not only was that a terrible tragedy for the united states, but to have lincoln, you know, it's like one of those strange things in american history. so the best presidents role is replaced by someone who was and you begin with somebody like lincoln who really by the who was a moderate anti slavery politician. but by the end of his life is at really supporting becomes the first american president so to support black citizenship the right of some black men to vote and then you get someone like andrew johnson who becomes president and who immediately gives the defeated south the the sort of the energy and the will to resist the results of the war and about the patient. and you have this, you know, the formation of the ku klux klan, and you have wholesale terror against black people. the black codes in the south that try to put african-americans who as close state of slavery as possible. i think johnson that interregnum was fatal. but of course he was overthrow right. his his ide
the assassination of lincoln. yeah. i think not only was that a terrible tragedy for the united states, but to have lincoln, you know, it's like one of those strange things in american history. so the best presidents role is replaced by someone who was and you begin with somebody like lincoln who really by the who was a moderate anti slavery politician. but by the end of his life is at really supporting becomes the first american president so to support black citizenship the right of some black...
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lincoln, but no president since abraham lincoln what has done more for the black individual in this country than president donald j.
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this is the 1st visit of a secretary lincoln. after that, a package of over $60000000000.00 was passed by us congress at lincoln at once to show it says that the united states still supports ukraine despite any other conflicts in the world. that they are still supporting ukraine, helping ukraine. and that this will not change any time soon. actually ab lincoln's remarks today started with this words. he said, i come with a message to ukraine. the message is you are not alone. so a very clear message from secretary police. another clear political symbol for you create your brain is in a tough spot right now, especially in the harkey of region. how big a sense is there that us 8 will be too little too late? that is a very good question. nicole because of course key if it's one thing, it's a bible, it's a political bible. and the impact of lincoln's visit to young kids is one thing. but the other thing are the front line cities, the soldiers of the, the places where people are really fighting and are feeling the shelters and, and be
this is the 1st visit of a secretary lincoln. after that, a package of over $60000000000.00 was passed by us congress at lincoln at once to show it says that the united states still supports ukraine despite any other conflicts in the world. that they are still supporting ukraine, helping ukraine. and that this will not change any time soon. actually ab lincoln's remarks today started with this words. he said, i come with a message to ukraine. the message is you are not alone. so a very clear...
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actually, ab lincoln's remarks today started with this words. each said i come with a message to ukraine. the message is you are not alone. so a very clear message from the secretary blinked. another clear political symbol for you create your brain is in a tough spot right now, especially in the harkey of region. how big a sense is there that us 8 will be too little too late? that is a very good question nicole because of course key if it's one thing, it's a bible, it's a political bible and the impact of lincoln's visit to young kids is one thing. but the other thing are the front line, cities, the soldiers of the, the, the places where people are really fighting and are feeling the shelters. and i'm be attacked. we were there a couple of days ago, a different from the light cities and not only in the north, near harkey side, also in the next week. jim, sorry, this is the church behind the camera and soldiers were telling us that they are tired of this political symbols that they need a munition. they need language myself. they need area defens
actually, ab lincoln's remarks today started with this words. each said i come with a message to ukraine. the message is you are not alone. so a very clear message from the secretary blinked. another clear political symbol for you create your brain is in a tough spot right now, especially in the harkey of region. how big a sense is there that us 8 will be too little too late? that is a very good question nicole because of course key if it's one thing, it's a bible, it's a political bible and...
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that president was abraham lincoln. the guy he'd be to, if you remember, was general mcclendon abraham lincoln. let's compare that to what's going on right now. and ukraine. a country i'm told that as an american, i have to defend if i believe in standing up for democracy. right. it too is involved right now in a war, much like we were. it too is facing an election in a matter of days. and what are we finding out or finding out creating president bottom or soleski is no abraham lincoln. and neither of the people in washington have chosen to back him as an on elected leader. say that again on, on elected leaders. zalinski is determined office as opposed to and may 20th. it was not going to and which means the people of ukraine will not get to the side who is gonna lead them. and those who are who we are told are defending democracy. we are then being lied to. right. it's not if he's not going to be elected and that they don't have free elections, it's not of the mark or say or am i crazy. now what do you think that our.
that president was abraham lincoln. the guy he'd be to, if you remember, was general mcclendon abraham lincoln. let's compare that to what's going on right now. and ukraine. a country i'm told that as an american, i have to defend if i believe in standing up for democracy. right. it too is involved right now in a war, much like we were. it too is facing an election in a matter of days. and what are we finding out or finding out creating president bottom or soleski is no abraham lincoln. and...
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it's about mary todd lincoln, who, if you don't know was abraham lincoln's wife. [ laughter ] he hade you would play mary todd lincoln. >> yes. >> seth: and then, how much research did you do? >> i did -- less than no research. [ laughter ] i actively forgot things that i knew about mary todd lincoln. >> seth: so, your whole idea was "i'm going to write this play based on the things i was taught years ago without doing more leg work?" >> well, what i was worried about was that the audience -- you know, people are stupid, seth. >> seth: sure, sure. [ laughter ] >> but i wanted to have the same knowledge that the audience had. i didn't want to do research and then be making jokes about, like, "well, that'll get a laugh because that's where she was born." you know? [ laughter ] and then -- so i was, like "oh that's --" it was actually dangerous. so, it's -- >> seth: but then you -- i mean, you also sort of gave yourself artistic license because your mary todd -- >> because i'm an artist. >> seth: yes, of course. [ laughter ] and you have physical license that you were given. >> yes, let
it's about mary todd lincoln, who, if you don't know was abraham lincoln's wife. [ laughter ] he hade you would play mary todd lincoln. >> yes. >> seth: and then, how much research did you do? >> i did -- less than no research. [ laughter ] i actively forgot things that i knew about mary todd lincoln. >> seth: so, your whole idea was "i'm going to write this play based on the things i was taught years ago without doing more leg work?" >> well, what i was...
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abraham lincoln, the great hero. abraham lincoln, migrate hero.e been a student of presidential history my whole life. that has been my sole focus in terms of what i have written about and read. host: the book looks at eight different presidents. how did you pick those eight? guest: my choice for my eight greatest presidents comes largely from the c-span presidential ranking poll. the last two poles, 2017 and 2021, the top nine have been exactly the same. lincoln, one, washington, two. fdr, three. theater roosevelt, four. eisenhower, five. truman, six. jefferson, seven. kennedy, eight. reagan, nine. i think truman is overrated and reagan is underrated. truman got us into korea and had no idea how to get us out. he was ineffective in dealing with mccarthyism. he gets a lot of credit for bringing an end to world war ii. i think it was a no-brainer. there was no way we were not going to drop the bombs. the best thing that happened to harry truman was dave and mcculloch wrote a biography about him. i'm satisfied with my choice of the eight. closely ti
abraham lincoln, the great hero. abraham lincoln, migrate hero.e been a student of presidential history my whole life. that has been my sole focus in terms of what i have written about and read. host: the book looks at eight different presidents. how did you pick those eight? guest: my choice for my eight greatest presidents comes largely from the c-span presidential ranking poll. the last two poles, 2017 and 2021, the top nine have been exactly the same. lincoln, one, washington, two. fdr,...
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is that netanyahu told lincoln that he wouldn't accept any of the cx 5 deal with a mosque maintained the demand for permanency. saw, he said that that is something that he wouldn't agree to. and if they stuck by that demand, then the deal would be off and the is there any military would not turn into rough or that southern city? not blinking reiterate to the us position. he said that the us do not think that that is the best way forward, but they do not agree that a ground offensive in russia is necessary and that it would be better handled by more targeted attacks blinking certainly hits and push for as a side deal that's certainly one of the things that has really topping his agend are in this whole middle east to of that he's making, as you mentioned the 7th since october 7. so, you know, you know, that the sci fi was the predominant thing that we're hearing coming out of the meeting, that the 2 men discussed blinking, also praised israel for allowing more humanitarian aid to come through. but he said more still needs to be done. i mean, there's probably no coincidence that there'
is that netanyahu told lincoln that he wouldn't accept any of the cx 5 deal with a mosque maintained the demand for permanency. saw, he said that that is something that he wouldn't agree to. and if they stuck by that demand, then the deal would be off and the is there any military would not turn into rough or that southern city? not blinking reiterate to the us position. he said that the us do not think that that is the best way forward, but they do not agree that a ground offensive in russia...
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abraham lincoln. you know how they're related to each other and the around them that make our country great. and i think you agree with me as great as our founding fathers were our countries up of everyday people, so-called everyday average people, extraordinary things, not for themselves to get famous because they believe in the cause and the country. and if i could give some attention that i wanted to do it so of coming up to delaware and spending a couple of hours with you guys, it's my especially to talk about these two guys, teddy and booker t and that was the wrong direction. so they okay, i was a little bit too far ahead. don't look don't look. okay. so this is how two men in a time in which everyone's talking about your george floyd and how we're divided, i'd to talk about a different time, which we clearly were divided with segregation. and jim flourishing, these two men found a way to come together from very disparate lifestyles. think about it. you couldn't be more different. so you have bo
abraham lincoln. you know how they're related to each other and the around them that make our country great. and i think you agree with me as great as our founding fathers were our countries up of everyday people, so-called everyday average people, extraordinary things, not for themselves to get famous because they believe in the cause and the country. and if i could give some attention that i wanted to do it so of coming up to delaware and spending a couple of hours with you guys, it's my...