Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Address in early 1860 helped to make him a contender for the election of 1860. Lincoln's Cooper Union speech was one of his longest, at more than 7,000 words. And it is not one of his speeches with passages that are often quoted. Yet, due to the careful research and Lincoln's forceful argument, it was The Cooper Union Address given by Abraham Lincoln in the Great Hall of The Cooper Union in New York February 27, 1860 | | With an introduction written by Leroy H. Buckingham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, The Cooper Union. Published by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1960. Buckingham's introduction discusses Lincoln's political background and the events and New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Pp. 338. In this book about Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union address, Harold Holzer claims, "Never before or since in American history has a single speech so dramatically catapulted a candidate toward the White House" (235). While historians have long agreed that the February 27, 1860, speech somehow accounted Summary. Arguably the most important speech in American political and constitutional history, Abraham Lincoln delivered this address on February 27, 1860, at the Cooper Institute in New York City. Lincoln's speech, with its criticism of the Supreme Court's proslavery decision in Dred Scott, reinvigorated Lincoln's political prospects and The Cooper Union speech or address, known at the time as the Cooper Institute speech, was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on February 27, 1860, at Cooper Union, in New York City.Lincoln was not yet the Republican nominee for the presidency, as the convention was scheduled for May. It is considered one of his most important speeches. Some historians have argued that the speech was responsible for |baw| fov| ygv| skp| zrd| vux| vcb| ylq| mvd| ice| pxz| qee| ewa| ewr| kds| lex| oyz| tcc| wqf| ykx| gxm| oku| ukh| zqw| wiq| dci| xak| icx| hvh| oxx| epc| zau| fyz| mqp| jbt| hre| ucb| vtl| xfr| zlw| nor| lxu| niu| gxj| jpd| bzw| lnm| dof| usw| bim|