Three hours uninterrupted. Voice only. Just think what kind of rhetoric we’d have without the character limit of 2018’s most popular mode of communication.
This was typical. Going to politician’s multi-hour speeches or debates (like Lincoln-Douglas) was entertainment in the mid-1800s. The Gettysburg Address followed a two-hour-plus speech (without notes!) by Edward Everett, a very famous speaker and writer, which was very well received. Lincoln willingly took a secondary role, and promised a short speech. The Gettysburg Address was 272 extremely well-chosen words. Everett later said to Lincoln “I should be glad, if I could flatter myself, that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.”
Benjamin Butler was a skilled politician and a lousy general. He did one good thing early in the Civil War when he refused to return escaped slaves to their rebel owners. GEN Butler decided that the former slaves were “contraband of war” and Union troops started calling all the slaves that escaped to the Federal army contrabands.
Ben Butler, if I recall, had his face painted at the bottom of a ahem chamberpot. I saw it at a Civil War museum in Bardstown, KY. Not only that, but in New Orleans, I believe that he once had a loaded chamberpot dumped at him from the second floor of one of the city’s hotels.
Justice Salmon Chase has much more in his career than this one event. But realize that, at this point in time, not many of the Southern politicians had made it back to their Jackson-esque level of import in the Federal Halls. Much of early Post-Civil War proceedings amounted to power struggles amongst (mainly) Northern politicians…..
Mr. Carroll, you didn’t get an update notice yesterday!! I’d complain if I didn’t check in here as often as I do anyway because I don’t want to miss any of your panels ever!!!!!!
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member over 6 years ago
Three hours uninterrupted. Voice only. Just think what kind of rhetoric we’d have without the character limit of 2018’s most popular mode of communication.
Motivemagus over 6 years ago
This was typical. Going to politician’s multi-hour speeches or debates (like Lincoln-Douglas) was entertainment in the mid-1800s. The Gettysburg Address followed a two-hour-plus speech (without notes!) by Edward Everett, a very famous speaker and writer, which was very well received. Lincoln willingly took a secondary role, and promised a short speech. The Gettysburg Address was 272 extremely well-chosen words. Everett later said to Lincoln “I should be glad, if I could flatter myself, that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.”
Billy Yank over 6 years ago
Benjamin Butler was a skilled politician and a lousy general. He did one good thing early in the Civil War when he refused to return escaped slaves to their rebel owners. GEN Butler decided that the former slaves were “contraband of war” and Union troops started calling all the slaves that escaped to the Federal army contrabands.
Spun_G over 6 years ago
Ben Butler, if I recall, had his face painted at the bottom of a ahem chamberpot. I saw it at a Civil War museum in Bardstown, KY. Not only that, but in New Orleans, I believe that he once had a loaded chamberpot dumped at him from the second floor of one of the city’s hotels.
Justice Salmon Chase has much more in his career than this one event. But realize that, at this point in time, not many of the Southern politicians had made it back to their Jackson-esque level of import in the Federal Halls. Much of early Post-Civil War proceedings amounted to power struggles amongst (mainly) Northern politicians…..
Joe1962 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Try to do a three hours of uninterrupted speech in 2018 the only place you see it is on C-SPAN
Sadandconfused9 over 6 years ago
Mr. Carroll, you didn’t get an update notice yesterday!! I’d complain if I didn’t check in here as often as I do anyway because I don’t want to miss any of your panels ever!!!!!!