The Real Lincoln By Thomas J. A Brief

As an admirer of Lincoln, O’Reilly shares similar conservative views in politics and religion. O’Reilly was a New Yorker born and raised, who attended private schools and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in history at Marist College, a masters in broadcasting journalism at Boston University, and a masters of public administration at Harvard University. He has been a history teacher, a newspaper columnist, and is currently a highly successful political commentator with his own show “The O’Reilly Factor”. In spite of his extensive background in history, when researching this subject, O’Reilly discovered more controversy than expected, as there are many conspiracy theories surrounding Lincoln’s assassination. He revealed the layers of proven and alleged conspiracies for the reader. Today’s ongoing debates of the facts played a part in O’Reilly’s decision to write this

The author says that defenders and supporters of Lincoln can always back up his remarks with a redeeming quality. Lincoln admitted his feelings of racial equality; instead he always stated the feeling of white people. He didn’t always carefully construct his answers when speaking about his position of certain topics, although he tried. Lincoln wanted all questions about race removed from all discussion. His strategy to do so was to agree with the Democratic Party that there was no equality between blacks and whites. He used racism strategically to eliminate it. Lincoln did admit that he was in support of colonization because he truthfully believed that blacks and whites could not live together equally. To a man like Frederick Douglass, what Lincoln and the Republicans stood for was disjointed. And to me, while this may have all been a strategy for Lincoln, I feel it necessary to take Douglass’ side of the issue.

This past month I have been reading Bill Oreillys killing Lincoln. This book shows Lincolns process of ending slavery and dealing with the civil war. The book tells the story of our president trying to do good things, while John Wilkes Booth is planning to do a really bad deed by killing Lincoln. This book shows us that Lincoln had a lot on his plate dealing with the Civil war and the criticism from the south. He was obviously not supported in the south but he did what he thought was right for this great nation and made a decision that changed America forever.

After the Civil War ended – with the submission of Robert E. Lee at the Appomattox Court House – the raging era that followed this conflict was the period of Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) was constantly misinterpreted due to politic issues such as: admittance to residency, voting rights, the comparative influences of the national and state administration, the affiliation among political and economic democracy, and the appropriate way to deal with terrorism. During the Reconstruction era, the country’s law and Constitution – convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787 – were revised to assure the basic rights of a former African American slave, and how the Confederacy was conquered due to biracial governments rising to authority, which was, in no doubt, one of the lowest points of national American democracy. By regarding this view, the Radical Republicans – within Congress – were so fixated on punishing beaten Confederates, Southern governments controlled by carpet baggers (dishonorable Northerners who journeyed into the South to obtain the advantages of office) , scalawags (Southern whites who endorsed the system), and African

He keeps to the subject very well in this book, making the tone of it objective, keeping his personal views out. The book is written in an undeviating fashion, looking at Lincoln’s relationship with slavery from his early childhood to his death and beyond.

Lincoln was a mainly unknown prairie legal representative, and at the start of the war which everybody estimated to be over quickly, he did not tell much about how to choose and use the superlative Generals. By the half, nevertheless, he had skillfully maneuvered a condition where the British and French might not send help to the Confederates without observing pro-slavery, and then made the astute decision to back U.S.Grant as his General-in-Chief. For the time being he had exposed outstanding dexterity in the management of his talented but rebellious cabinet, and by the period of his tragic assassination, had got his place as one of the boundless men of American history, probably the greatest.

My opinion of the authors takes on whether Abraham Lincoln was one of America’s greatest presidents was that Paludan stated Lincoln was a president who wanted to defend and uphold the constitution of the United States, especially since President Lincoln always stated that all men are created equal and that meant blacks to in his opinion. He was the type of person who talked to the people not at the people when he spoke. Paludan believes Lincoln was a president that was greater than any other President in history. He feels that Lincoln wanted to keep all the states and all the people united. When the southern states left the Union due to issues like slavery, Lincoln wanted to reunite them with the Northern states. Paludan felt that Lincoln had several challenges while he was in office before his death, some he overcame and some he did not. Overcoming the Civil War between the States, uniting a divided country, and ending slavery were some of the things that Lincoln was challenged with while in office. Before he was killed at Ford Theater the war was coming to an end and the states were trying to become united and the slaves were given the choice of being free or stay working on the plantations in the south for pay, not as slaves. This and more is why Paludan thinks Lincoln the greatest president. However, Bradford stated the Lincoln had no business stating that blacks were included in the clause of equality mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. He believed that

The reconstruction of America was like “poured salt into ‘the nation’s wounds” (200) caused by Lincoln. The reconstruction, by Lincoln, only cared about the “international law for the sake of politics.” (200) “Lincoln laid the political groundwork for the disastrous Reconstruction policies of 1865-1877.” (201) The Confederates considered Southerners “lucky” (203) compared to Japanese invaded Nanking in the 1930s. “Lincoln never admitted that secession was legitimate or that

Lincoln held firm to the idea that the United States’ defining quality was its uniquely democratic government. The Constitution was cherished by Lincoln, and it was for the preservation of this document that Lincoln was willing to carry out whatever task necessary. However, Lincoln’s interpretation of the Constitution legitimized the ownership of slaves, and he was not willing to sidestep the constitution unless it became absolutely necessary to do so (as a war measure). Only after the United States had been immutably split and hundreds of thousands of lives had been lost did Lincoln finally take decisive action.

Abraham Lincoln is by far our most revered president in the history of the United States. He had a strong moral vision of where his country must go to preserve and enlarge the rights of all her people, but he was also a good man with a strong sense of character and a great discipline in the art of law; and he sought to continue the great and mighty legacy of the Constitution. He believed that the Founding Fathers had drawn up the Constitution without the mention of slavery because they felt that it would later die of a natural death. He would soon learn that that would not be the case.

The Political Genius Abraham Lincoln: Summary Doris Kerns Goodwin informs, in her introduction to her book The Political Genius Abraham Lincoln, the story of Lincoln's political latter through astonishing display of personal qualities, nominations, and friendships. In 1876, nearly 11 years after Abraham's death, Frederick Douglass dedicates a monument, located in Washington D.C., erected by black Americans in memoriam and honor to Abraham Lincoln. Douglass speaks to the audience about this outstanding man and tells them there is little need to speak in great depth about this great man. Douglass also spoke about fascination with Lincolns determined leader skills that will take its toll on generations to come.

“No man has a good enough memory to be successful liar” Abraham Lincoln once said. In his childhood Abraham was actor. I believe Abraham Lincoln made a amazing different in our history.

The story began with Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809), a very young boy living on Sinking Springs Farm, Kentucky. His parents were Thomas Lincoln, an uneducated, illiterate carpenter, and Nancy Lincoln, a literate mother. Additionally, he has an older sister named Sarah Lincoln. As a child, Nancy read stories to Abraham, which got him fascinated with books, especially the Bible. When Abraham was only 2-3 years old, his family moved from Sinking Springs Farm to Knob Creek Farm, Kentucky because Thomas didn’t have a title for the land. Knob Creek Farm was on the Old Cumberland Trail, meaning that many travelers passed by the house, including some who stayed a night or two at the Lincolns. Thomas would tell stories to the guest, and vice versa; some of the tales told by guests involved vampires. Later, when Abraham was about 7 years old, his family moved once again to Little Pigeon Creek, Indiana because Thomas was an abolitionist, and Indiana didn’t have any slaves. Also, Abraham receives a small amount of schooling, for which he is proclaimed by one of his teachers (Azel Waters Dorsey) to be an exceptional student. During this time, Abraham goes hunting for turkey by his father's orders, and accidentally shoots a turkey through the neck instead of the body. While he observes the dying creature who showed no malice towards him, he swears he would never hunt again. As a result, his father makes him chop wood instead. At first, chopping is very difficult for Abraham,

How well do we know all the little details of Abraham Lincoln’s life? Abe had a lot of things in his life that we don’t know about or focus on. Either we don’t see it as something important or we don’t know a lot about it. Something we don’t focus on is that a lot of mourning time happened in Lincoln’s life as a child and teen. During his early politics, he let some things from his childhood and teen years shape the way he acted. Why Abe was so determined to win the Civil War was an enormous outcome from his childhood and teen years. Along with what he did as a president outside of the Civil War. So searching and digging deeper into the facts we know about Lincoln will show that he hadn’t always had a good and

In today’s society, many look up to former President Abraham Lincoln with reverence, and some even compare him to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in terms of contribution to African American rights. Much of his supposed heroism has gone unchecked, and with some looking into the past, we can draw the conclusion that Lincoln’s racist beliefs can draw a more realistic picture of our past president. Abraham Lincoln was a racist man who used African Americans to gain political leverage, rather than for the greater good of the people.