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Mr. Lincoln was always read to join in a laugh at the expense of his person, concerning which he was very indifferent. Many of his friends will recognize the following story,--the incident having actually occurred,--which he used to tell with great glee:-- 'In the days when I used to be 'on the circuit,' I was once accosted in the cars by a stranger, who said, 'Excuse me, sir, but I have an article in my possession which belongs to you.
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"If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.”

Speech in Chicago, July 10, 1858

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Lincoln at Peoria

The Turning Point

by Lewis E. Lehrman

Excerpts on Lincoln at Peoria by Lewis E. Lehrman from essay in Fall 2009 Claremont Review of Books by Harry V. Jaffa, a Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute, who is the author of numerous articles and books, including his widely acclaimed study of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (University of Chicago Press, 1959).

"[W]e are indebted to Lewis Lehrman for focusing our attention on what the angels have always known...Now, Lehrman has given us in Lincoln at Peoria a full-length treatment of the 1854 speech that marked Lincoln's initial confrontation with the fateful question of slavery expansion...The subtitle of Lew Lehrman's book is The Turning Point. The Peoria speech was a turning point in Lincoln's life and career because it represented a turning point in the life of the nation...Lincoln at Peoria is a salutary, forceful reminder of the future president's powerful entry into the political struggle that led into the Civil War. The importance Lehrman finds in the Peoria speech cannot be exaggerated.... Lehrman not only elaborates, carefully and precisely, its political and philosophical doctrines, but he traces their presence through the other speeches, as well as into the presidency. It is a book on the whole of Lincoln…. As Lew Lehrman so convincingly shows, there is nothing virtually present at Gettysburg that is not actually present at Peoria…. It is part of Lehrman's achievement to make us aware of the extent of what Lincoln accomplished at Peoria...We are greatly indebted to Lewis Lehrman's superb book for helping us to understand why no list, however short, of the greatest speeches of all time could omit Lincoln at Peoria."

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1: Hotel where President-elect Lincoln stayed when he first came to Washington and where many job-seekers stayed as well.
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2: Hotel where Mrs. Lincoln did not want to stay because it had been the center of an influenza outbreak during the Buchanan Administration
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3: Hotel where Andrew Johnson was staying when he received notification of President Lincoln’s assassination.
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4: 4 Mr. Lincoln often visited here – sometimes to see the commandant, John A. Dahlgren. It was one destination on the final afternoon carriage ride of his life and here that John Wilkes Booth’s body was brought after his death.
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5: Mr. Lincoln sometimes stopped here on the way to or from the Soldiers’ Home.
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6: Mr. Lincoln sometimes walked across Lafayette Park at night to visit the home of this Cabinet member.
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7: The Lincoln Family often stayed here during the summer and fall to avoid the heat of and humidity of downtown Washington
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8: It was an open sewer that ran along the Washington Mall – where Independence Avenue is now located. Its filth and pestilence was blamed for the deaths of Willie Lincoln.
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9: An area south of Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House known for its high crime rate.
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10: Home bought first by the Secretary of Treasury and then by his son-in-law, a Senator from Rhode Island.
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