LINCOLN'S SPEECH AT COOPER UNION.


Tribune Tracts. No. 4. Speech of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, Delivered at the Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb 27, 1860. New York: New York Tribune, 1860. 16 pp. 8vo (222 x 142 mm). Minor toning throughout, a few stains to upper cover.The New York Tribune published this offprint of Lincoln's famous Cooper Union speech, a careful constitutional justification of the Republican Party's platform to eliminate slavery in the states and prevent its expansion into new territories. The positive reception garnered by this speech helped raise Lincoln's profile as a potential candidate for President.