“Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand between their loved home and the war 's desolation! Bless with victory and peace, may the heav ' rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!” After many years of slavery a presidential candidate by the name of Abraham Lincoln runs for top Republican Candidate as he stands against Senator Stephen Douglas. His speech is directed to the working class voters who believe slavery should be regulated nation-wide. Abraham Lincoln gave his candidacy speech in Cooper Union Hall in New York City on February 27, 1860, where he argues against Stephen Douglas making his Cooper Union Address one of his many speeches. He addresses this speech to the general public of the Republican
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Therefore, it opened an opportunity for people to realize the immorality of slavery. As, Lincoln stated in his speech “Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the National Territories, and to overrun us here in these Free States?” he referred this to Republicans as the duty to forbid these actions from happening. He has faith the audience will have the same moral values he practices and abide by his side. Fredriksen; commented on the Cooper Union Speech “he urged his fellow Republicans to stand together against pressure to abandon their antislavery platform.” He also believed President Lincoln truly wanted individuals to have their own way of thinking opposed to the pressure of allowing slavery because it was a norm in the south. He encouraged citizens to realize the awful effects slavery caused to those enslaved and individuals with a vote have a chance to change the lives of those oppressed. Within this speech he implements metaphors to grasp audience attention and deter them from old habits southerners
Therefore, it opened an opportunity for people to realize the immorality of slavery. As, Lincoln stated in his speech “Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the National Territories, and to overrun us here in these Free States?” he referred this to Republicans as the duty to forbid these actions from happening. He has faith the audience will have the same moral values he practices and abide by his side. Fredriksen; commented on the Cooper Union Speech “he urged his fellow Republicans to stand together against pressure to abandon their antislavery platform.” He also believed President Lincoln truly wanted individuals to have their own way of thinking opposed to the pressure of allowing slavery because it was a norm in the south. He encouraged citizens to realize the awful effects slavery caused to those enslaved and individuals with a vote have a chance to change the lives of those oppressed. Within this speech he implements metaphors to grasp audience attention and deter them from old habits southerners