European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse An ear for English Library of America honors 16th president every Man is said to have his Peculiar ambition whether it be True or not. I can say for one that i have no other so great As that of being truly esteemed of my fellow Man. By rendering myself worthy of their esteem " Abraham Lincoln by Hillel Italie associated Pressw Hen Abraham Lincoln received the Republican party s nomination Lor president in 1860. The new York Herald dismissed him As a fourth rate lecturer who cannot speak Good grammar and who. To raise the wind delivers his hackneyed illiterate compositions at $200 the Man later compared to Mark Twain Lor his Gilt with the English language was nicknamed ignoramus Abe. Old scoundrel and filthy Story Teller. I have endured a great Deal of ridicule without much malice and received a great Deal of kindness not quite lice of Lincoln once said referring to the condescending treatment his Homespun style received even from friends but historians have seen him differently finding Richness in he language of a poor country lawyer the Library of America which has previously published the works of Twain. Henry James and other celebrated writers is honouring Lincoln with a two volume $35 publication of his speeches and letters Lincoln spa Hes and writings 1832-1858 and Lincoln speeches and writings 1859-1865 How do we define literature asked editor Don e Fehrenbacher. Author of Lincoln in text and context collected essays and the dred Scott Case its significance in american Law and politics which won the pulitzer prize Lor history in 1979 he is Able to while in such a Way As to express deep Emolion under Arl Islic control that s what we look or in a Ernest Hemingway or in a Henry James and thai s whal we gel in Lincoln s Best works. Thai combination of something fundamental to say thai goes beyond Mere intellect. There is artistry in his letters that ear Lor the English the author of the Gettysburg address composed All his own speeches despite spending Only 12 months in school he was part philosopher part politician part Poel his influences included Shakespeare the King James version of i he Bible and Long Lime speaker of the House Henry Clay whose deals akm earned him the nickname the great Lincoln was a progressive pragmatist. He staked his political career on opposition to slavery but tempered that with assurances that Blacks would be better Oil living in their own country once treed. I have no desire to own a slave or to marry one was How he summed up his position. He first presented himself As lagging sadly behind a reluctant almost embarrassed Public servant More familiar with the straight path Back to his Kentucky log Cabin on Nolan Creek than the winding Uphill climb to the while House. He was born feb 12,1809, the second child of Pioneer Farmer and Carpenter Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He was just 2 when his family moved out of the log Cabin to a 230-acre farm on Knob Creek 11 Miles Northeast of Hodgenville by. In his Early 20s, after living in Indiana and new Orleans. Lincoln settled outside Decatur iii., and made his first known political speech in 1830, favouring improved navigation on the Sangamon River. In 1834, a year alter he was appointed postmaster of new Salem he was elected As a whig to the Illinois House of representatives and served our terms during that time he received a License to practice Law and began his Public opposition to slavery elected to Congress in 1846, Lincoln served just one term bitterly questioning president James k. Folk s use of troops in the Mexico War. He left Washington after failing to receive an appointment from the administration of president Zachary Taylor a fellow whig. His life in politics seemingly Over Lincoln practice Law in Springfield iii., where he lived with his Wile the former Mary Todd whom he married in 1842. And three sons. Robert Todd Tad and Willie a fourth son Edward died at age 3. The slavery Issue had apparently been settled in 1820 when Clay helped Craft the Missouri Compromise which allowed the South to keep slaves but required abolition in a Large Section of territories in the Midwest the agreement however fell apart in 1854 when Congress passed the Kansas Nebraska act which repealed the anti slavery language of the Missouri Compromise in favor of local an enraged Lincoln insisting that the spirit of 76" and the spirit of Nebraska Are utter antagonisms Cut Back on his promising Legal work and set his sights on the . Senate thus was born the most famous political rivalry of the time Lincoln the jangly Moody proponent of abolition and Illinois sen. Stephen Douglas the squat gregarious author of the Kansas Nebraska act and a powerful Northern Democrat. In 1856, Lincoln helped found the Republican parly of Illinois which opposed slavery. He warned two years later that a House divided against itself cannot stand anticipating that the United states could not remain intact with conflicting Laws. Fehrenbacher said the Lincoln Douglas debates included in their entirety in the two volume compilation made Lincoln a National figure. Thousands attended each of the seven confrontations All held outdoors and frequently interrupted the speeches with loud applause and cries of encouragement slavery was virtually the Only Issue. Douglas made overtly racist appeals and insisted the government was made Lor the Benefit of White men and their posterity for said Lincoln you say it must not be opposed in the free states because slavery is not Here it must not be opposed in the slave states because it is there it must not be opposed in politics because that will make a fuss it must not be opposed in the pulpit because it is not religion. Then where is the place to oppose it Douglas won the election but Lincoln was pleased enough with the debates to have them published the following year. In the 1860 presidential Campaign with the democrats badly splintered the election broke Down into two regional campaigns Lincoln is. Douglas in the North and John c. Breckinridge is. John Bell in the South. Beyond disagreements Over slavery it was a vicious Campaign with Lincoln subjected to endless personal attacks from Southern newspapers. But Lincoln who would soon follow the advice of Little Grace Bedell of Westfield. N.y., and grow a Beard said nothing making no formal speeches during the Campaign. And thanks to the democratic split he easily won the election while receiving Only 40 percent of the votes. By his inauguration in March 1861. However seven Southern states had already seceded and rumours of an assassination attempt had forced him to alter travel plans the previous month. 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