Ep. 191 Civil liberties and Civil War
So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
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The Freedom of the Fundamental Rights, Freedom of Conscience, Academic Freedom, and Freedom of Press
Before he took office on March 4th, 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln watched helplessly as seven states seceded from the Union and declared themselves to be a new nation. A lawyer from Illinois with a single congressional term to his credit, Lincoln was unprepared to address the growing tension in the country he had been tasked with leading. We are not enemies, but friends, we must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land will yet swell the chorus of the Union. When again touched as surely they will be
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