Comments on: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech

By: Norman James

Norman James — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:14:42 +0000

I gather that Naomi was on a rant, but I thinkyour decision to withdraw her coments is a bit blind in its own way. I belong to a Civil War Club and would like to use this controversy in my next presentation. How do I find out what she said? Norman James

By: free0022

free0022 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:47:33 +0000

i want to know what did Naomi say,

By: Y.Walt

Y.Walt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:32:09 +0000

We need men like Lincoln today, I find it so interesting that people ridicule a man in which they are enjoying the fruits of his labour. This country's history led to it's freedom and though many will say this country is not free I will say take your behinds to another country where you CAN"T have as many children as you would like or even recieve help for whatever you decide to do. Or better yet where your choice of religion is no longer yours. Men like this paid the way for freedom of speech and all that other good stuff as well as other great soldiers. Now we have lost respect for the very things this country stands for, sad part is all will regret it, this are changing and not for the good of the people. Priorities are all mixed up!!

By: Daniel Batten

Daniel Batten — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:58:34 +0000

The point of all history is not to praise the men and women of the past, rather, to find a healthy and respectful way to honor a better the future. Men like Lincoln should be admired, in their place, and should be thanked for not merely accepting his own ignorance, but continue to evolve into a better man with hopes for a better future. If we praise a single soul too much, then their greatness and their truths become not a plus, but a hindrance to a progessive future. It is easy to look upon a person in the past and judge them, just as it is easy to see the errors of your friends as they happen, but none have the foresight to see it as it happens to themselves. This is the requirement for a better future, to not see the errors in the past, so much as the errors in our thinking not of the just the past but also the fiture. We need more eyes looking to the present!!

By: Charles Dishno

Charles Dishno — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:00:22 +0000

No, Lincoln is not a president, he was a president. and perhaps the greatest Lincoln is a car that congress is trying to bail out. Shame on them!

By: Jacob Frischknecht

Jacob Frischknecht — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:47:55 +0000

I dont get this article, isnt lincoln a president? Whos Naomi Stewart?

By: brandon baker

brandon baker — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:15:53 +0000

Remarkable address. I had not read this until now. It sounds like something Cicero would write.
I do not believe as some armchair historians say; that the American Civil War was fought primarily for 'States Rights' at all. It is clear to my mind what President Lincoln thought of it even as the war was winding down by the time of this Second Innaugrial Address. That this war and endless sufferring was a redemption of the lash of slavery.
Still, to this day the controversy rages that should have ended with the Reconstruction. Namely; that a Union victory together with the belief in a just God, have been a dearly bought signal of redemption. For if we have a belief in the infinite goodness of God, we serve ourselves best when we serve justice. When God has seen fit to forgive us of the evil of slavery, who among ourselves cannot let us forgoe the debt?
To my thinking, until we find the threads from which Mr. Lincoln intended this Nation to heal and of course follow them, then the undercurrent of slaveries insult to God will perpetuate and the evil will go on and on, recreating itself in revisionist historians and race baiting power elites. Here President Lincoln spells it out almost wearily yet monumentally sums up the herculean effort the union has made so far and the debt paid from both sides in order to forge a new country bathed in almost genocidal sacrifice ridding itself of slavery yet restoring itself through prayer and penance in the grace of almighty God.

By: Charles Dishno

Charles Dishno — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:13:45 +0000

Hat's off to the History Net Staff for removing Naomi's post. Feel free to remove any of my comments if I sound un-patriotic.

By: HistoryNet Staff

HistoryNet Staff — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:45:53 +0000

Normally we don't edit comments – but in this case I'll make an exception. Naomi's post has been removed.

By: Rikki Kerr

Rikki Kerr — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:22:25 +0000

As an outsider, it is comments such as that of Naomi Stewart that re-inforce the view that America has major problems. That someone has the time and inclination to post such a comment on a 'serious' web site is a sad reflection on the education system. Stick to u-tube and Face book Naomi, they are obviously your intellectual level.
Rikki Kerr, Adelaide, Australia