Speeches

Carl Schurz

COLLECTED AND REVISED BY THE AUTHOR.

PHILADEPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1865.

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
	Editor's Preface
	Dedication.	iii
	Preface	v
I.	The Irrepressible Conflict. — Mechanics' Hall, Chicago, 28th of September, 1858	9
II.	Political Morals. — Albany-Hall, Milwaukee, 18th of November, 1858	38
III.	True Americanism. — Faneuil Hall, Boston, 18th of April, 1859	51
IV.	The Popular Sovereignty Doctrine. — Hampden Hall, Springfield, 4th of January, 1860	76
V.	Ratification of Mr. Lincoln's First Nomination for the Presidency. — Albany Hall, Milwaukee, 26th of May, 1860	105
VI.	The Doom of Slavery. — Verandah Hall, St. Louis, 1st of August, 1860	121
VII.	The Bill of Indictment. — Cooper Institute, New York, 13th of September, 1860	162
VIII.	Free Speech. — Tremont Temple, Boston, 11th of December, 1860	222
IX.	Reconciliation by Emancipation. — Cooper Institute, New York, 6th of March, 1863*	240
X.	Peace, Liberty and Empire. — Concert Hall, Philadelphia, 16th of September, 1864†	269
XI.	The Treason of Slavery. — Academy of Music, Brooklyn, 7th of October, 1864	321
XII.	Appeal to Common Sense. — Academy of Music, Milwaukee, 28th of October, 1864	359

*This is the date as it appears in the book. Other sources, including another reference in this very book and the prefatory remarks to the speech, indicate the "Reconciliation by Emancipation" speech was delivered on March 6, 1862. It also appeared as a pamphlet published by G. P. Putnam in 1862 under the title "The life of slavery, or the life of the nation?"

†The text for this speech came from a printed flyer rather than the book. The format of the flyer is preserved. Carl Schurz's comments for the speech were:

This speech was delivered in the Presidential campaign of 1864, at the first of a series of meetings arranged by the Union League of Philadelphia. The topics discussed are still fresh in the memory of the people, and need no further explanation.

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