Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech

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political speech public address

Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech was a pivotal 1860 address in New York City that powerfully articulated his anti-slavery position and helped establish him as a serious national presidential contender.

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Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political speech ⓘ public address ⓘ
aim	to justify the Republican Party’s anti-slavery platform ⓘ to rebut accusations that Republicans were sectional extremists ⓘ
argument	Southern leaders, not Republicans, were responsible for sectional tension ⓘ the Republican position on slavery was consistent with the intentions of the Founders ⓘ the federal government had authority to regulate slavery in the territories ⓘ the majority of the Founding Fathers opposed the expansion of slavery into federal territories ⓘ
associatedBuilding	Cooper Union’s Great Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
audience	New York political leaders ⓘ Northern voters ⓘ northeastern Republicans ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	February 27, 1860 ⓘ
followedBy	Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 presidential campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	oratory ⓘ
historicalSignificance	boosted Abraham Lincoln’s visibility in the Eastern United States ⓘ considered a key event leading to Lincoln’s 1860 Republican presidential nomination ⓘ helped establish Abraham Lincoln as a serious national presidential contender ⓘ regarded as one of Abraham Lincoln’s most important pre-presidential speeches ⓘ
impactOnCareer	enhanced Abraham Lincoln’s reputation as a thoughtful constitutional thinker ⓘ introduced Abraham Lincoln to many influential Eastern Republicans ⓘ
impactOnPublicOpinion	strengthened Northern support for the Republican stance against the expansion of slavery ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Cooper Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTopic	expansion of slavery into U.S. territories ⓘ interpretation of the United States Constitution ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ views of the Founding Fathers on slavery ⓘ
medium	live speech ⓘ
notableQuote	“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” ⓘ
politicalContext	delivered amid rising sectional tensions over slavery ⓘ delivered during the run-up to the 1860 U.S. presidential election ⓘ
positionOnIssue	opposition to the expansion of slavery ⓘ support for containing slavery where it already existed ⓘ
precededBy	Abraham Lincoln’s debates with Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 ⓘ
relatedTo	Lincoln–Douglas debates NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party platform of 1860 NERFINISHED ⓘ
speaker	Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor	Young Men’s Republican Union of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
subjectOf	books and articles on American political rhetoric ⓘ historical scholarship on Lincoln’s rise to national prominence ⓘ
subsequentPublication	newspaper reprints ⓘ printed pamphlets ⓘ
timePeriod	pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
year	1860 ⓘ

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