3 books about Lincoln in a row:
The biggest overview on
Emancipation:
It was like a big juggling game
and showed how Lincoln is a masterful politician:
- He exaggerated his commitment to voluntary
overseas colonization by the Black by inviting the leaders of the Black
Community to the White House. In
the process, he is misunderstood by them.
Yet, this was to show the rest of the nation that he is committed to the
preservation of the Union and not liberation of the blacks: If he could
preserve the Union without liberating one Black, he would as he said in his
first Inauguration speech.
- Yet, Lincoln also used emancipation to change
the Civil War from one of power struggle to a moral issue – to prevent France
and Britain from supporting the South. The public of France and Britain will not support
allying with the South which promotes slavery.
- Last but not least, the emancipation proclamation
was crafted in legal speech and without the prose that Lincoln was definitely
capable off so that it can stand
the times of court –It was crafted to be a document that the commander in chief
could exercise his power on.
Book 1: Lincoln the Unknown
by Dale Carnegie
It is a book about a famous
person written by another famous person, read the Chinese version cause I
couldn’t lay hands on the English one.
When it is mentioned that Lincoln
stayed a wooden cabin when he was young, it wasn't a nice camping log cabin, it
was like a makeshift house with 3 sides wood and one side with just plain animal
hide covering.
Interestingly, 2 of the most
important men in the US Civil war did not find success until late in their
lives. In fact, General Grant
owes people so much $ that people actually avoided him.
Crazy wife and how much Lincoln
loved Shakespeare – makes me want to read too in order to craft speech with
poise.
Lincoln's secretary: Lincoln
reads less than 1/50 of the letters he receives and writes at most half a dozen
of letters a week
Lincoln was just issued a generic
invitation card to the Gettysburg. When he responded, the organisers scrambled.
Hence, they invited Lincoln to only "say a few words " because the program
already had a 2hour speech by the great orator. The rest is history.
It was also interesting to read
that Lincoln embarked on emancipation to turn the Civil War from merely an
issue of US national sovereignty to one of a moral issue. Otherwise, France and
UK will just support the South as it is merely an issue of power struggle and
benefits from siding with one ally. By releasing emancipation and turning it
into a moral issue, the government of UK and France will face pressure from
their public.
Was the Civil war about
abolishing slavery? In his first inauguration speech, Lincoln said something
along the lines of "If I could save the Union by abolishing slavery, I
would. If I could save the Union by preserving slavery, I would as well. "
It was when the rulers of UK and
France were keen to recognize the South, that it is important to change the
focus of the Civil war from a political issue of preserving the Union to a
moral issue of slavery. In this way, the people of UK and France will not agree
to their rulers supporting a country (The South) that advocates slavery.
Lincoln 2: Killing Lincoln: The
Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
The sheer agony of the US Civil
War: how Lee men marched for days without food or sleep to escape General
Grant. How men just dropped into the woods to escape the army and drop off dead
along the way.
The other strong impression is
how the doctor had to keep digging his finger inside Lincoln head to ease the
blood flow and clot inside the head.
Lincoln 3: Emancipating Lincoln:
The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory
Pg 66: Lincoln "I will concede that
emancipation will help us in Europe and convince them that we are incited by
something more than ambition, even if it was for the grand idea of
constitutional government."
Lincoln had laid down a long, long preparation road for emancipation: Lincoln exaggerated his commitment to
colonization to prepare the country for unthreatening freedom.
Lincoln also cited his overall
goal to be reunion rather than liberation, and reiterated his commitment to
gradual emancipation in the loyal slave states and to voluntary colonization of
"persons of African descent". The result is rhetorically bland enough
to hold critic in check, legally sound to survive threats of court challenges,
and militarily sound enough in promising the underachieving Union Army a new
infusion of manpower.
Pg 102:
Instead, use the emancipation
within the limitation of law, against rebels as a military weapon purely and
exclusively, will be sustained by the whole country, Border states and all.
Thus will avoid the public odium and dissension inevitable in a more sweeping
and less guarded movement. Caution would free just as many slaves and thus
attain the same practical results.
The only drawback I can think of
is, that such a mode of reaching a result will not suit those who seem the mode
of more importance than the result itself."
3 books about Lincoln in a row:
The biggest overview on Emancipation:
It was like a big juggling game and showed how Lincoln is a masterful politician:
- He exaggerated his commitment to voluntary overseas colonization by the Black by inviting the leaders of the Black Community to the White House. In the process, he is misunderstood by them. Yet, this was to show the rest of the nation that he is committed to the preservation of the Union and not liberation of the blacks: If he could preserve the Union without liberating one Black, he would as he said in his first Inauguration speech.
- Yet, Lincoln also used emancipation to change the Civil War from one of power struggle to a moral issue – to prevent France and Britain from supporting the South. The public of France and Britain will not support allying with the South which promotes slavery.
- Last but not least, the emancipation proclamation
was crafted in legal speech and without the prose that Lincoln was definitely
capable off so that it can stand
the times of court –It was crafted to be a document that the commander in chief
could exercise his power on.
Book 1: Lincoln the Unknown
by Dale Carnegie
When it is mentioned that Lincoln stayed a wooden cabin when he was young, it wasn't a nice camping log cabin, it was like a makeshift house with 3 sides wood and one side with just plain animal hide covering.
Interestingly, 2 of the most important men in the US Civil war did not find success until late in their lives. In fact, General Grant owes people so much $ that people actually avoided him.
Lincoln's secretary: Lincoln reads less than 1/50 of the letters he receives and writes at most half a dozen of letters a week
Lincoln was just issued a generic invitation card to the Gettysburg. When he responded, the organisers scrambled. Hence, they invited Lincoln to only "say a few words " because the program already had a 2hour speech by the great orator. The rest is history.
Was the Civil war about abolishing slavery? In his first inauguration speech, Lincoln said something along the lines of "If I could save the Union by abolishing slavery, I would. If I could save the Union by preserving slavery, I would as well. "
It was when the rulers of UK and France were keen to recognize the South, that it is important to change the focus of the Civil war from a political issue of preserving the Union to a moral issue of slavery. In this way, the people of UK and France will not agree to their rulers supporting a country (The South) that advocates slavery.
Lincoln 2: Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
The sheer agony of the US Civil War: how Lee men marched for days without food or sleep to escape General Grant. How men just dropped into the woods to escape the army and drop off dead along the way.
The other strong impression is how the doctor had to keep digging his finger inside Lincoln head to ease the blood flow and clot inside the head.
Lincoln 3: Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory
Pg 66: Lincoln "I will concede that emancipation will help us in Europe and convince them that we are incited by something more than ambition, even if it was for the grand idea of constitutional government."
Lincoln had laid down a long, long preparation road for emancipation: Lincoln exaggerated his commitment to colonization to prepare the country for unthreatening freedom.
Lincoln also cited his overall goal to be reunion rather than liberation, and reiterated his commitment to gradual emancipation in the loyal slave states and to voluntary colonization of "persons of African descent". The result is rhetorically bland enough to hold critic in check, legally sound to survive threats of court challenges, and militarily sound enough in promising the underachieving Union Army a new infusion of manpower.
Instead, use the emancipation within the limitation of law, against rebels as a military weapon purely and exclusively, will be sustained by the whole country, Border states and all. Thus will avoid the public odium and dissension inevitable in a more sweeping and less guarded movement. Caution would free just as many slaves and thus attain the same practical results.
The only drawback I can think of is, that such a mode of reaching a result will not suit those who seem the mode of more importance than the result itself."
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