First Inaugural Adress
Fellow-Citizens of the United States: IN compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I…
Address in Independence Hall
Mr. Cuyler: I am filled with deep emotion at finding myself standing here, in this place, where were collected together…
Cooper Union Address
Mr. President and fellow citizens of New York: – The facts with which I shall deal this evening are mainly…
A House Divided
Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Convention: If we could just know where we are and whither we appear to be…
Speech at Galena (Illinois)
You further charge us with being disunionists. If you mean that it is our aim to dissolve the Union,…
Eulogy for Henry Clay
On the fourth day of July, 1776, the people of a few feeble and oppressed colonies of Great Britain,…
Temperance Address
Although the Temperance cause has been in progress for near twenty years, it is apparent to all, that it…
Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois
As a subject for the remarks of the evening, the perpetuation of our political institutions, is selected. In the great…
