The Confederacy voted for dissolution. The President had no Constitutional authority to wage war against former commonwealths of the United States. The plot to kidnap Lincoln evolved into the successful conspiracy to murder him. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton & California senator (& Lincoln pallbearer) John Conness were intimately involved in securing Booth's access to Lincoln, the disabling of the capital's telegraph network and safe passage for the fugitive Booth into Virginia.
The President has the authority to commit forces to the suppression of insurrection. The Confederacy had no right to secession in the Constitution, but forgetting about that for a moment, the Confederacy attacked the United States, and the president has an absolute right to wage war against national enemies. You cannot claim a Constitutional right not to be invaded if you believe you have legitimately broken away, as foreign nations have no Constitutional rights under our law.
By today's standards??? You mean by Obama's "speech-per-day" platitudes? Long winded? He wrote it himself, en-route to the ceremony. No speech writers. In fact, the delivery was so short that many in the audience hadn't yet taken their places to hear it.
It is said that Lincoln actually said "shall not perish from THIS earth" instead of "the earth". Although in his draft it is written "The", not "this".
i am tying to memorize it for class. i have listened to it at least 150 times and i have only memorized 3 sentences i guess 600 more times and im done. memorizing songs is so much easier...
that was without a shadow of a doubt the scariest fucking thing i ever seen
wiggles19841 11 months ago
Am I the only one who thinks the CGI Lincoln looks like a swaggering, cross-eyed monkey?
Landrew0 1 year ago
Why does Abraham Lincoln look like he's about to rape me?
videogamenostalgia 1 year ago
This ridiculous cartoon cheapens a great speech.
noonenoone55 1 year ago 3
This is video is totally fake..... you can tell those aren't really Abe's teeth.
terminator847 1 year ago
The voice is just the way he was described, soft spoken.
kutless45 1 year ago
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fremenchips 1 year ago
fuken creeeepy
prede89 1 year ago
@veronikapaz Thanks Karl
ngdubz 1 year ago
i bet he could bite the dick off a robot
erectbovine 1 year ago
FAKE!
bashpr0mpt 1 year ago 2
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abraham lincoln, enslaver of white and black men equally...destroyer of the sovereign
longfootbuddy 1 year ago
The Confederacy voted for dissolution. The President had no Constitutional authority to wage war against former commonwealths of the United States. The plot to kidnap Lincoln evolved into the successful conspiracy to murder him. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton & California senator (& Lincoln pallbearer) John Conness were intimately involved in securing Booth's access to Lincoln, the disabling of the capital's telegraph network and safe passage for the fugitive Booth into Virginia.
TransUnicorn 1 year ago
@TransUnicorn
The President has the authority to commit forces to the suppression of insurrection. The Confederacy had no right to secession in the Constitution, but forgetting about that for a moment, the Confederacy attacked the United States, and the president has an absolute right to wage war against national enemies. You cannot claim a Constitutional right not to be invaded if you believe you have legitimately broken away, as foreign nations have no Constitutional rights under our law.
Robertz1986 1 year ago
@Robertz1986 : The union is voluntary.
TransUnicorn 1 year ago
OH FUCK!!!!! ZOMBIE LINCOLN!!!!!!! STOP HIM BEFORE HE KILLS US ALLLL!!!!!!
wiggles19841 1 year ago
He had nice teeth.
link0zeldarulz89 1 year ago
By today's standards??? You mean by Obama's "speech-per-day" platitudes? Long winded? He wrote it himself, en-route to the ceremony. No speech writers. In fact, the delivery was so short that many in the audience hadn't yet taken their places to hear it.
Honestly, what is wrong with this generation..?
BBCater 2 years ago
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TransUnicorn 2 years ago
@TransUnicorn You are full of shit, and are repeating myths and lies.
DeputyDawg999 1 year ago
It is said that Lincoln actually said "shall not perish from THIS earth" instead of "the earth". Although in his draft it is written "The", not "this".
alonelychild 2 years ago
i am tying to memorize it for class. i have listened to it at least 150 times and i have only memorized 3 sentences i guess 600 more times and im done. memorizing songs is so much easier...
brendanWay13 3 years ago
i have 2 to but i think i can do it!:D
soccergrl41 2 years ago
i memoreized it already....
seratse 3 years ago
whoa cool, scary, sweet......
bkilen 3 years ago 5