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Acknowledgments xi
Principal Dates in the Life of Abraham Lincoln xii
Introduction 1
Chapter One the Monstrous Injustice, 1854-1857 7
1.1 Fragment on Slavery (c. 1854-1859) 9
1.2 Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 (excerpts) 10
1.3 To George Robertson, August 15, 1855 20
1.4 To Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855 21
1.5 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857 (excerpts) 25
Chapter Two The Debate with Douglas, 1858 28
2.1 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16 1858 (The “House Divided” Speech) 30
2.2 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858 (excerpts) 37
2.3 Speech at Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858 (Second Lincoln Douglas Debate; excerpt) 38
2.4 Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858 (excerpts) 42
2.5 Speech at Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858 (Fourth Lincoln-Douglas Debate; excerpt) 44
2.6 To James N. Brown, October 18, 1858 46
Chapter Three Stand By Our Principles, 1859-1860 48
3.1 Speech at Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 1859 (excerpt) 49
3.2 Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859 (excerpts) 52
3.3 Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860 56
Chapter Four Preserving the Union, 1860-1862 73
4.1 To William Kellogg, December 11, 1860 76
4.2 To John A./ Gilmer, December 15, 1860 76
4.3 To Thurlow Weed, December 17, 1860 78
4.4 To Alexander H. Stephens, December 22, 1860 78
4.5 To James T. Hale, January 11, 1861 79
4.6 First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 80
4.7 Message to Congress, July 4, 1861 88
4.8 To Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861 101
4.9 First Annual Message, December 3, 1861 (excerpt) 103
4.10 Message to Congress, March 6, 1862 105
4.11 Proclamation Revoking David Hunter’s Emancipation Order, May 19, 1862 106
Chapter Five The Winding Road to Emancipation, 1862-1863 109
5.1 Remarks to Border State Representatives, July 12, 1862 113
5.2 Draft of Emancipation Proclamation, July 22, 1862 115
5.3 To Reverdy Johnson, July 26, 1862 116
5.4 To Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862 117
5.5 To August Belmont, July 31, 1862 119
5.6 Remarks on Colonization to Black Ministers, August 14, 1862 120
5.7 To Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 125
5.8 Reply to Chicago emancipation Memorial September 13, 1862 (excerpts) 126
5.9 Preliminary emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 129
5.10 To Benjamin F. Butler, et al., October 14, 1862 131
5.11 Second Annual Message, December 1, 1862 (excerpts) 132
5.12 Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 142
5.13 To John A. McClernand, January 8, 1863 144
Chapter Six A New birth of Freedom, 1863 146
6.1 To Andrew Johnson, March 26, 1863 148
6.2 Order of Retaliation, July 30, 1863 149
6.3 To Nathaniel P. Banks, August 5, 1863 149
6.4 To James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863 151
6.5 To Salmon P. Chase, September 2, 1863 155
6.6 To Andrew Johnson, September 11, 1863 156
6.7 To Nathaniel P. Banks, November 5, 1863 157
6.8 Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 158
Chapter Seven Revolution, Reconstruction, and Reelection, 1863-1864 159
7.1 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863 161
7.2 Third Annual Message, December 8, 1863 (excerpt) 164
7.3 To Alpheus Lewis, January 23, 1864 168
7.4 To Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864 169
7.5 To Albert G. Hodges, April 4, 1864 170
7.6 Address at Baltimore, Maryland, April 18, 1864 172
7.7 Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction, July 8, 1864 175
7.8 To Charles D. Robinson, August 17, 1864 176
7.9 Draft of Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn, September 12, 1864 179
7.10 To Henry W. Hoffman, October 10, 1864 180
7.11 Response to Serenade, November 10, 1864 181
Chapter Eight With Malice Toward None, 1864-1865 183
8.1 Fourth Annual Message, December 6, 1864 (excerpts) 185
8.2 Response to Serenade, February 1, 1865 189
8.3 Proposed Message to Congress, February 5, 1865 190
8.4 Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 192
8.5 Speech to the 140th Indiana Regiment, March 17 1865 193
8.6 To John A. Campbell, April 5, 1865 195
8.7 Speech on Reconstruction, April 11 1865 196
Selected Bibliography 201
Index 203
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Dan Doescher
reviewed Think anew, act anew on January 21, 2014
Think anew
Eleven chapters of, how shall I put this mildly, bovine waste.
This book was urged upon my by one who found it compelling. Finally, after a century and a half of myth-based pseudo-history propping up the image of "King Lincoln", he told me, comes Thomas J. DiLorenzo, an economist with a book exposing the "truth" about not-so-honest Abe.
I'll admit to skepticism. And I'll even admit that I had no real desire to read The Real Lincoln. Whenever I'm faced with a conflict between mainstream and fringe, the burden of proof is on fringe to convince me that the mainstream is incorrect. It can be done. But when common sense and logic side with the mainstream, it is difficult - as I think that it should be - to convince me that the mainstream is wrong. I felt it was highly unlikely that DiLorenzo could shift my viewpoint.
Time passed but the comments kept coming. You might be surprised how often our sixteenth president can make it into everyday conversation. The comments traced the roots of America's generally bad state of nearly everything to Abraham Lincoln. And the source backing the comments was Thomas DiLorenzo.
Then fate intervened. I saw an advertisement alongside an article that I was reading on a news site - I don't recall ever having paid attention to one before. The advertisement was for a book by Dennis W. Brandt called Shattering the Truth: The Slandering of Abraham Lincoln. I went to Amazon and pulled up a copy of Brandt's book and previewed the Preface. Lo and behold Brandt was talking about DiLorenzo. And his book was a direct reply to DiLorenzo's works, including The Real Lincoln, and seemed to be a document-based, irrefutable, refutation. Brandt, I suspected, had taken the time to do the work necessary to prove the truth of the mainstream in opposition to the fringe. I ordered it immediately.
I knew that I would read The Real Lincoln and Shattering the Truth together but, hoping to keep as open a mind as possible under the circumstances, I decided to read DiLorenzo first and Brandt second, instead of reading them side by side. Even without Brandt's help, I found DiLorenzo unconvincing.
Throughout The Real Lincoln, DiLorenzo discounts any historian who disagrees with him and lauds those who agree. He takes some bits and pieces from original sources and cuts and pastes them out of context. He alternately holds Lincoln to modern racial sensibilities and downplays the evils of slavery as irrelevant to the cause - or even a cause - of the Civil War. And, most glaringly, he writes from an absolutist standpoint. There is no room for nuance and no shades of gray. And there is certainly no room for historical context.
DiLorenzo's logic is often faulty but, at times, his points sound convincing. Many such points, however, rely on assumptions without footnotes or any other proof. But, as Brandt points out, even if the assumptions were footnoted, DiLorenzo's use of sources isn't always (or even often) reliable.
DiLorenzo uses The Real Lincoln as part of his broader effort to trash the image of Lincoln for refusing to allow the Confederacy to secede, for doing so not to save the Union but to consolidate absolute power and riches in the hands of a few and oppress the God-given liberties of all Americans. In a vacuum and unchecked, I fear, DiLorenzo's efforts could succeed. Thankfully, we don't live in a vacuum.
Check DiLorenzo's sources, and check his sources' sources. Or, if you don't have time, as I didn't, feel free to consult Shattering the Truth. Dennis Brandt has done yeoman's work for us all.
If you're interested in a different opinion on Abraham Lincoln, The Real Lincoln is right for you. But if you want that different view to be honest, accurate, or based in reality - as I think something with the word "real" in its title should be, look elsewhere - almost anywhere elsewhere would be better.
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