Part one of term paper
Should slavery be allowed in the United States? This question divided our nation into two separate entities in the late 1800’s and laid the foundation for an ethically compelling speech. On June 16,1858, Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, spoke out to over 1,000 Republican delegates in the Springfield, Illinois ...

Part two of term paper
... Republican cause; the formation of a unified nation without slavery. Lincoln builds an appeal to emotion with the first statement of the speech, “Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention.” This statement gives each member of the audience a sense of importance and captures their attention by personally addressing the delegates in an honorable and professional manner. Lincoln emotionally involves his audience throughout the speech through rhetorical questions. Lincoln uses these questions t ...