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Lincoln's state-of-the-union address on the front page...
Lincoln's state-of-the-union address on the front page...
Item # 700699
December 02, 1862
THE EVENING POST, New York, Dec. 2, 1862 Contained in its entirety on the front page is the: "PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE" "Proposed Amendment of the Constitution". This was Lincoln's second state-of-the-union address.
Among the subheads are: "The African Slave Trade" "Negro Colonization" "This Policy to End the War" "How Emancipation Will Affect White Labor" and more.
The lengthy text includes in part: "...Without slavery, the rebellion could have never existed; without slavery, it could not continue..." and near the end is: "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation...We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of the earth...". Lincoln's address is signed by him in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Various Civil War reports are on the inside pages.
Four pages, large folio size, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Among the subheads are: "The African Slave Trade" "Negro Colonization" "This Policy to End the War" "How Emancipation Will Affect White Labor" and more.
The lengthy text includes in part: "...Without slavery, the rebellion could have never existed; without slavery, it could not continue..." and near the end is: "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation...We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of the earth...". Lincoln's address is signed by him in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Various Civil War reports are on the inside pages.
Four pages, large folio size, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Yankee
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