Emancipation. Next, Jonathan White oargues tht is not necessarily the case. Changes in the military command structure helped engender overwhelming numbers in favor of lincoln. This is part after symposium on the 1864 symposium hosted on the Lincoln Group of d. C. Well, youre in for a treat. Jonathan white, assistant professor of american studies at Christopher Newport university has written several books and several articles, and ive heard him talk on the treason in the civil war about merriman. In fact, last night i watched him on cspan going over with his class this topic. It was really fun. It was neat to see how he interacted with the students and brought out in them a different opinion of what they had when they first came in, how they learned something from the discussion. And it was fun. And in particular, one of the questions one of the girls asked, with all the interests in merrimans rights, what about the gross treason of the whole situation . It seems like were looking at a
Was sitting up on the hill and when he saw that happen, he knew he had lost the battle. Without the navy, without the ships to take his army south, there was no point in going on any longer. And so he recalled the army, and the next day they left. And they went back to canada. And the battle was over. He planned to come and fight again in the spring, but, of course, the treaty happened in between and the soldiers, the red coated soldiers were never seen again here in the United States. Abraham lincoln won reelection over Union General George Mcclellan in 1864 with more than 70 of the soldier vote. Some historians have argued that lincolns strong support from soldiers indicated that the troops also agreed with lincolns Greater Mission of emancipation. Next, author and professor Jonathan White argues that was not necessarily the case. Professor white says changes in the military command structure and the weeding of mcclellan backers helped engender such overwhelming numbers on the part o
The distinct focus. We just focus had on the three things that the chair woman always said that were important. Security, logistics, and fund raising. Reporter Strong Police force means tight security, and easy access to thousands of hotel rooms means good hospitality but you what about fund raising . Who pays for it all . Officials estimate 70 to 80 milliondollar will need to be raised to host this convention, but the Nutter Administration says taxpayers wont be hit with the bill. City Council Session overshaded by the news. We have presented a good argument for being here in philadelphia people were clearly understanding that the city of philadelphia can put on big events. I think it is great for the city of brotherly love and great for the people of the city of philadelphia. One official we spoke to said celebrations will continue only through the rest of the day today come tomorrow morning the planning for this Convention Really starts in full. The impact of this convention will, o
Weve got some breaking news to tell you about. Its about the biden president ial campaign. A coalition of democrats have given the presummit tif democratic nominee a road map of progressive priorities that hed like to enact if and when if the former Vice President wins the white house. Mike momeli has covered the campaign. Reporter the conventional wisdom if you want to win the democratic nomination for president you run to the left in the primaries and once you have it you sort of shift to center and to win in general election. With joe biden, were seeing the opposite, he very proudly held to the center of the party throughout the democratic primaries as a record field of democrats were running hard to the left. As soon as he became the nominee he began an effort working with Bernie Sanders cheefl to get their teams together to work on a set of policy recommendations that they could make to try and find Common Ground with the eye toward unifying the party in november. A first look at
Ill say it again, they like this cognitive test narrative out there right now. It reminds me when they fought his walk through the park thought his walk through the park on june 1st was iconic. Im not sure they have the best political acumen at this point. Maybe not. But before we get into polls that suggest americans dont think the fact that the president can identify an elephant is the most convincing thing. Well a lot of polls in a minute, but youre actually youve written a story about the president s obsession with this cognitive test thats meant for alzheimers patients. The president , about a month back started talking to advisers about this cognitive test he took at walter reed. Of course, the Trump Campaign has been trying for a while now to paint joe biden as having lost a step. It was not proving effective, as evidenced by the deficit in the polls that you just mentioned. But the president thought he could amplify this argument. He was talking to aides on air force one and st