Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address

One of Lincoln’s most known speeches is the Lyceum Address, which was one of Lincoln’s first speeches. In this speech, he addressed his attitude towards the government. The Lyceum Address was one of Abraham Lincoln's earliest published speeches. The speech was given on January 27, 1838. He was twenty-eight years old at the time of the speech. The speech was given in Springfield, Illinois. He spoke about slavery and mob violence. He talked about the future of America. At the time of the Lyceum Address. Abraham was not president, instead he was just a young lawyer and an upcoming politician.
Abraham Lincoln believed that we should honor our founding fathers. In the Lyceum address Abraham said an unknown tyrant could take over the United States.