and belated response to ms. kay's question, he had no idea. and we have no idea, whether it has an impact. he didn't suppress newspapers because he didn't come from -- he liked debating in the press and engaging crowds. he was petrified that the country itself would fall apart, disloyalty. >> i was going to ask you to comment for a or too on themilliue he did come from tonight, because what we have heard tonight isn't consistent with the great country lawyer. >>eat b as an adult or one of his first real jobs wases a post master in the town of new salem. and people got their newspapers from the big city like springfield by post. and they soon began wondering why their newspapers came instead of in their usual crisp together looking like they had been read. well, the answer is, they had been read. the post master was reading the he was -- he was introduced to the world beyond his mill town by the newspapers that covered springfield and chicago and even washington. it awakened the world in him, but awakened it in a way that was extremely partisan

and belated response to ms. kay's question, he had no idea and we have no idea whether it had an impact. he didn't suppress newspapers because he didn't come from royaling free speech that he wanted to end because he sort of liked it. he liked debating in the press and engaging crowds. he just was petrified that the country itself would fall apart if "sedition" was allowed, disloyalty. >> i was going to ask you to comment for that moment or two on the milieu he did come from. because what we've heard tonight isn't quite consistent with our view of the great country lawyer. >> well, he -- remember his first real job as an adult or one of his first real jobs was as a postmaster in the town of new salem. and people got their newspapers from the big city like springfield by post. and they soon began wondering why their newspapers came instead of in their usual crisp folded fashion clumped together well, the answer is, they had been read. the postmaster was reading the papers first and delivering them later. he was introdu