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Analysis of the Gettysburg Address
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This is a 8 page paper which examines two of Abraham Lincoln's most well known speeches - The Address at Cooper Union and The Gettysburg Address.
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Union address may be one of the best known of Lincolns speeches, yet no one seems to be able to quote or cite and of the important portions of his
address. Perhaps this is partly due that the strength of Lincolns Cooper Union address rests in the speechs content rather than its format. This address from a
relatively unknown attorney from Illinois set Lincoln on course to win the Republican presidential nomination and thus the presidency. Lincoln was not a likely choice in most peoples minds
for a presidential nominee in the fall of 1859. The only experience which he had had at the federal level was the single term that he had spent in
the US Congress. While running his campaign for the US Senate Seat in 1858, Lincoln had achieved a small degree of national recognition when he engaged in a debate with
the Democratic incumbent Stephen Douglas. That was one of those elections, in which Lincoln won the popular vote but lost the election (Jones, 2005). In the middle of October,
1859, Lincoln received a telegram from the Republican Party leaders in New York asking him to deliver a speech at Reverend Henry Ward Beechers church (Jones, 2005). The Reverend
Henry Ward Beecher was an abolitionist(Jones, 2005). The church was located in Brooklyn. The New York Republicans wanted to have a speaker other than the then front-runner, Senator
William Seward of New York (Jones, 2005). The New York Republicans thought that Seward was unelectable (Jones, 2005). The New York Republicans were looking for a politician who could
draw votes in the Midwestern states which they thought were needed in order to beat Douglas who would likely be the Democratic candidate. Actually, Ohio Governor Salmon P. Chase
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