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DESPITE THIS NEW BUILDING, THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE WOULD VOTE IN 1837 TO MOVE THE CAP TOL FROM
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE WOULD VOTE IN 1837 TO MOVE THE CAP TOL FROM VIRGINIA TO CENTRALIZED LOCATION
IN 1837 TO MOVE THE CAP TOL FROM VIRGINIA TO CENTRALIZED LOCATION TO SPRINGFIELD.
VIRGINIA TO CENTRALIZED LOCATION TO SPRINGFIELD. AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE
TO SPRINGFIELD. AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY IS ASPIRING LAWYER FROM
AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY IS ASPIRING LAWYER FROM NEW SALEM.
ASSEMBLY IS ASPIRING LAWYER FROM NEW SALEM. HI, I AM JIM WILHELM.
NEW SALEM. HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. BEHIND ME IS ILLINOIS' FIFTH
HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. BEHIND ME IS ILLINOIS' FIFTH STATEHOUSE, INSIDE OF WHICH THE
BEHIND ME IS ILLINOIS' FIFTH STATEHOUSE, INSIDE OF WHICH THE CAREER AND REPUTATION OF ABRAHAM
STATEHOUSE, INSIDE OF WHICH THE CAREER AND REPUTATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN GREW.
CAREER AND REPUTATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN GREW. AT THE TIME THIS BUILDING
LINCOLN GREW. AT THE TIME THIS BUILDING OPENED, IT WAS THE LARGEST
AT THE TIME THIS BUILDING OPENED, IT WAS THE LARGEST STRUCTURE IN THIS FRONTIER STATE
OPENED, IT WAS THE LARGEST STRUCTURE IN THIS FRONTIER STATE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE THEN
STRUCTURE IN THIS FRONTIER STATE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE THEN POPULAR GREEK REVIVAL STYLE, THE
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE THEN POPULAR GREEK REVIVAL STYLE, THE CAPITOL HAS SIMPLE LINES AND
POPULAR GREEK REVIVAL STYLE, THE CAPITOL HAS SIMPLE LINES AND SYMMETRICAL DESIGN.
CAPITOL HAS SIMPLE LINES AND SYMMETRICAL DESIGN. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE EXTERIOR
SYMMETRICAL DESIGN. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE EXTERIOR WALLS WERE TO HAVE BEEN COVERED
IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE EXTERIOR WALLS WERE TO HAVE BEEN COVERED IN BRICK. BUT WHEN THESE STONES
WALLS WERE TO HAVE BEEN COVERED IN BRICK. BUT WHEN THESE STONES ARRIVED FOR THE FOUNDATION,
IN BRICK. BUT WHEN THESE STONES ARRIVED FOR THE FOUNDATION, THEIR RUGGED BEAUTY CHANGED THE
ARRIVED FOR THE FOUNDATION, THEIR RUGGED BEAUTY CHANGED THE ARCHITECT'S MIND.
THEIR RUGGED BEAUTY CHANGED THE ARCHITECT'S MIND. INSIDE THE SPACIOUS INTERIOR
ARCHITECT'S MIND. INSIDE THE SPACIOUS INTERIOR HOUSED THE OFFICES, STAFFS, AND
INSIDE THE SPACIOUS INTERIOR HOUSED THE OFFICES, STAFFS, AND OFFICIALS OF THE STATE OF
HOUSED THE OFFICES, STAFFS, AND OFFICIALS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. IN SHORT, ALL THE BUSINESS OF
ILLINOIS. IN SHORT, ALL THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE WAS CONDUCTED UNDER
IN SHORT, ALL THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE WAS CONDUCTED UNDER ONE ROOF.
THE STATE WAS CONDUCTED UNDER ONE ROOF. OH, AND BESIDES LINCOLN, THIS
ONE ROOF. OH, AND BESIDES LINCOLN, THIS BUILDING HAS A CONNECTION WITH
OH, AND BESIDES LINCOLN, THIS BUILDING HAS A CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER FUTURE PRESIDENT.
ON THE MAIN FLOOR WERE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PRIMARILY HANDLED THE DAILY AFFAIRS OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT PRIMARILY HANDLED THE DAILY AFFAIRS OF THE STATE, SUCH AS THE AUDITOR'S
HANDLED THE DAILY AFFAIRS OF THE STATE, SUCH AS THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
STATE, SUCH AS THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. INTO THIS LARGE ROOM CAME THE
OFFICE. INTO THIS LARGE ROOM CAME THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF EACH COUNTY
INTO THIS LARGE ROOM CAME THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF EACH COUNTY WHICH WERE THEN HAND COPIED BY
FINANCIAL RECORDS OF EACH COUNTY WHICH WERE THEN HAND COPIED BY CLERKS INTO LARGER MORE
WHICH WERE THEN HAND COPIED BY CLERKS INTO LARGER MORE PERMANENT LEDGER BOOKS.
CLERKS INTO LARGER MORE PERMANENT LEDGER BOOKS. MOST OF THE FURNISHINGS IN THESE
PERMANENT LEDGER BOOKS. MOST OF THE FURNISHINGS IN THESE ROOMS ARE REPRODUCTIONS OR OF
MOST OF THE FURNISHINGS IN THESE ROOMS ARE REPRODUCTIONS OR OF THE PERIOD BECAUSE IN 1876 WHEN
ROOMS ARE REPRODUCTIONS OR OF THE PERIOD BECAUSE IN 1876 WHEN THE CAPITOL WAS MOVED AGAIN,
THE PERIOD BECAUSE IN 1876 WHEN THE CAPITOL WAS MOVED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO ITS PRESENT
THE CAPITOL WAS MOVED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION, MOST OF THE ITEMS WERE
THIS TIME TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION, MOST OF THE ITEMS WERE SOLD AT AUCTION.
LOCATION, MOST OF THE ITEMS WERE SOLD AT AUCTION. BUT SOME HAVE RETURNED, SUCH AS
SOLD AT AUCTION. BUT SOME HAVE RETURNED, SUCH AS THIS DESK THAT WAS USED BY OLIN
BUT SOME HAVE RETURNED, SUCH AS THIS DESK THAT WAS USED BY OLIN MINOR WHEN HE WAS STATE AUDITOR
THIS DESK THAT WAS USED BY OLIN MINOR WHEN HE WAS STATE AUDITOR IN 1864.
MINOR WHEN HE WAS STATE AUDITOR IN 1864. ANOTHER INTERESTING PIECE IS
IN 1864. ANOTHER INTERESTING PIECE IS THIS LARGE UNIT AGAINST THE
ANOTHER INTERESTING PIECE IS THIS LARGE UNIT AGAINST THE WALL.
THIS LARGE UNIT AGAINST THE WALL. IT IS A FILING CABINET WHOSE
WALL. IT IS A FILING CABINET WHOSE DRAWERS LOOK MORE LIKE GRAIN
IT IS A FILING CABINET WHOSE DRAWERS LOOK MORE LIKE GRAIN SCOOPS FROM A KITCHEN.
DRAWERS LOOK MORE LIKE GRAIN SCOOPS FROM A KITCHEN. >> IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE NOW,
SCOOPS FROM A KITCHEN. >> IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE NOW, BUT BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THIS WAS
>> IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE NOW, BUT BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THIS WAS A NOISY, SMELLY PLACE TO WORK.
BUT BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THIS WAS A NOISY, SMELLY PLACE TO WORK. MUD AND MANURE WAS TRACKED IN
A NOISY, SMELLY PLACE TO WORK. MUD AND MANURE WAS TRACKED IN FROM THE UNPAVED STREETS.
MUD AND MANURE WAS TRACKED IN FROM THE UNPAVED STREETS. OUTSIDE, ANIMALS ROAMED FREE,
FROM THE UNPAVED STREETS. OUTSIDE, ANIMALS ROAMED FREE, AND IN THE SUMMER, DUST FLEW IN
OUTSIDE, ANIMALS ROAMED FREE, AND IN THE SUMMER, DUST FLEW IN THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOWS WHICH
AND IN THE SUMMER, DUST FLEW IN THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOWS WHICH HAD NO SCREENS.
THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOWS WHICH HAD NO SCREENS. BUT ONE SERENE AREA MIGHT HAVE
HAD NO SCREENS. BUT ONE SERENE AREA MIGHT HAVE BEEN NEXT DOOR IN A ROOM THAT
BUT ONE SERENE AREA MIGHT HAVE BEEN NEXT DOOR IN A ROOM THAT FOR A TIME FILLED SEVERAL
BEEN NEXT DOOR IN A ROOM THAT FOR A TIME FILLED SEVERAL PURPOSES.
FOR A TIME FILLED SEVERAL PURPOSES. THIS WAS THE DISPLAY ROOM FOR
PURPOSES. THIS WAS THE DISPLAY ROOM FOR THE STATE MUSEUM.
THIS WAS THE DISPLAY ROOM FOR THE STATE MUSEUM. IT ALSO HOUSED A COLLECTION THAT
THE STATE MUSEUM. IT ALSO HOUSED A COLLECTION THAT WILL BECOME THE STATE LAW
IT ALSO HOUSED A COLLECTION THAT WILL BECOME THE STATE LAW LIBRARY.
WILL BECOME THE STATE LAW LIBRARY. BOOKS WERE A VALUABLE COMMODITY
LIBRARY. BOOKS WERE A VALUABLE COMMODITY BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS.
BOOKS WERE A VALUABLE COMMODITY BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS. PEOPLE WERE BORROWING BOOKS AND
BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS. PEOPLE WERE BORROWING BOOKS AND NOT RETURNING THEM.
PEOPLE WERE BORROWING BOOKS AND NOT RETURNING THEM. IN 1842 THE LIBRARY BEGAN TO
NOT RETURNING THEM. IN 1842 THE LIBRARY BEGAN TO REQUIRE ATTORNEYS AND STATE
IN 1842 THE LIBRARY BEGAN TO REQUIRE ATTORNEYS AND STATE OFFICIALS TO SIGN FOR THE BOOKS
REQUIRE ATTORNEYS AND STATE OFFICIALS TO SIGN FOR THE BOOKS THAT THEY BORROWED.
OFFICIALS TO SIGN FOR THE BOOKS THAT THEY BORROWED. IT IS BELIEVED ONE OF THE FIRST
THAT THEY BORROWED. IT IS BELIEVED ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO DO SO WAS A LINCOLN.
IT IS BELIEVED ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO DO SO WAS A LINCOLN. ACROSS THE HALL IS ANOTHER ROOM
PEOPLE TO DO SO WAS A LINCOLN. ACROSS THE HALL IS ANOTHER ROOM THAT FIGURED PROMINENTLY DURING
ACROSS THE HALL IS ANOTHER ROOM THAT FIGURED PROMINENTLY DURING LINCOLN'S CAREER IN WHICH HIS
THAT FIGURED PROMINENTLY DURING LINCOLN'S CAREER IN WHICH HIS REPUTATION AMONG HIS PEERS WOULD
LINCOLN'S CAREER IN WHICH HIS REPUTATION AMONG HIS PEERS WOULD GROW.
REPUTATION AMONG HIS PEERS WOULD GROW. THIS IS THE ILLINOIS SUPREME
GROW. THIS IS THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT ROOM WHERE LINCOLN AND HIS
THIS IS THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT ROOM WHERE LINCOLN AND HIS FIRM HANDLED CASES MOST
COURT ROOM WHERE LINCOLN AND HIS FIRM HANDLED CASES MOST SUCCESSFULLY.
FIRM HANDLED CASES MOST SUCCESSFULLY. >> THE SUPREME COURT MET EACH
SUCCESSFULLY. >> THE SUPREME COURT MET EACH DECEMBER AFTER THE CIRCUIT COURT
>> THE SUPREME COURT MET EACH DECEMBER AFTER THE CIRCUIT COURT CONVENED.
DECEMBER AFTER THE CIRCUIT COURT CONVENED. THERE WAS NO APPELLATE COURT IN
CONVENED. THERE WAS NO APPELLATE COURT IN THOSE DAYS.
THERE WAS NO APPELLATE COURT IN THOSE DAYS. THE CASES HEARD HERE CAME FROM
THOSE DAYS. THE CASES HEARD HERE CAME FROM DIRECTLY FROM CIRCUIT COURT.
THE CASES HEARD HERE CAME FROM DIRECTLY FROM CIRCUIT COURT. THE JUMP OF JUSTICES CHANGED
DIRECTLY FROM CIRCUIT COURT. THE JUMP OF JUSTICES CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
THE JUMP OF JUSTICES CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. IN 1841 THE NUMBER WAS SET AT
OVER THE YEARS. IN 1841 THE NUMBER WAS SET AT NINE, AND THEY WERE SELECTED BY
IN 1841 THE NUMBER WAS SET AT NINE, AND THEY WERE SELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
NINE, AND THEY WERE SELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE. IT IS THOUGHT THEY SAT AGAINST
THE LEGISLATURE. IT IS THOUGHT THEY SAT AGAINST THIS WALL.
IT IS THOUGHT THEY SAT AGAINST THIS WALL. ONE OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED
THIS WALL. ONE OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED JUSTICES WOULD BECOME ILLINOIS'
ONE OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED JUSTICES WOULD BECOME ILLINOIS' MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN,
JUSTICES WOULD BECOME ILLINOIS' MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN, STEPHEN DOUGLAS.
MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN, STEPHEN DOUGLAS. SEVEN YEARS LATER CONCERNED OVER
STEPHEN DOUGLAS. SEVEN YEARS LATER CONCERNED OVER THE LEGISLATURE'S INFLUENCE LED
SEVEN YEARS LATER CONCERNED OVER THE LEGISLATURE'S INFLUENCE LED TO NEW STATE CONSTITUTION.
THE LEGISLATURE'S INFLUENCE LED TO NEW STATE CONSTITUTION. THE JUSTICES WERE NOW ELECTED,
TO NEW STATE CONSTITUTION. THE JUSTICES WERE NOW ELECTED, AND THEIR NUMBER REDUCED TO
THE JUSTICES WERE NOW ELECTED, AND THEIR NUMBER REDUCED TO THREE REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN,
AND THEIR NUMBER REDUCED TO THREE REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS
THREE REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE.
THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MET. AND AT ONE TIME IT WAS THE
OF REPRESENTATIVES MET. AND AT ONE TIME IT WAS THE LARGEST ROOM IN TOWN.
AND AT ONE TIME IT WAS THE LARGEST ROOM IN TOWN. BACK IN THOSE DAYS,
LARGEST ROOM IN TOWN. BACK IN THOSE DAYS, REPRESENTATIVES ONLY MET EVERY
BACK IN THOSE DAYS, REPRESENTATIVES ONLY MET EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THEY ONLY MET IN
REPRESENTATIVES ONLY MET EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THEY ONLY MET IN THE WINTER MONTHS AFTER THE
OTHER YEAR, AND THEY ONLY MET IN THE WINTER MONTHS AFTER THE FARMING SEASON.
THE WINTER MONTHS AFTER THE FARMING SEASON. WHEN NOT IN USE, THE DESKS WERE
FARMING SEASON. WHEN NOT IN USE, THE DESKS WERE CLEARED AND THIS ROOM WAS SORT
WHEN NOT IN USE, THE DESKS WERE CLEARED AND THIS ROOM WAS SORT AFTER CIVIC CENTER, HOSTING
CLEARED AND THIS ROOM WAS SORT AFTER CIVIC CENTER, HOSTING DANCES, CHURCH MEETINGS,
AFTER CIVIC CENTER, HOSTING DANCES, CHURCH MEETINGS, RECITALS, AND FLOWER SHOWS.
DANCES, CHURCH MEETINGS, RECITALS, AND FLOWER SHOWS. ORIGINAL TO THE ROOM IS LARGE
RECITALS, AND FLOWER SHOWS. ORIGINAL TO THE ROOM IS LARGE PAR PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON OVER
ORIGINAL TO THE ROOM IS LARGE PAR PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON OVER THE PODIUM.
PAR PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON OVER THE PODIUM. AFTER THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED,
THE PODIUM. AFTER THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED, THEY DECIDED TO SEND A ARTIST TO
AFTER THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED, THEY DECIDED TO SEND A ARTIST TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO MAKE COPIES
THEY DECIDED TO SEND A ARTIST TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO MAKE COPIES OF PICTURES THAT HUNG IN THE
WASHINGTON D.C. TO MAKE COPIES OF PICTURES THAT HUNG IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER.
OF PICTURES THAT HUNG IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER. THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
HOUSE CHAMBER. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER IS OFLA FAYETTE, WHICH
THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER IS OFLA FAYETTE, WHICH STILL HANGS ACROSS THE HALL IN
THE OTHER IS OFLA FAYETTE, WHICH STILL HANGS ACROSS THE HALL IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
STILL HANGS ACROSS THE HALL IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. THAT ARTIST WAS PAID $1,500
THE SENATE CHAMBER. THAT ARTIST WAS PAID $1,500 WHICH INTERESTINGLY WAS $300
THAT ARTIST WAS PAID $1,500 WHICH INTERESTINGLY WAS $300 MORE THAN LINCOLN WOULD PAY FOR
WHICH INTERESTINGLY WAS $300 MORE THAN LINCOLN WOULD PAY FOR HIS FIRST HOME FOUR YEARS LATER.
MORE THAN LINCOLN WOULD PAY FOR HIS FIRST HOME FOUR YEARS LATER. ALSO ORIGINAL TO THIS ROOM IS
HIS FIRST HOME FOUR YEARS LATER. ALSO ORIGINAL TO THIS ROOM IS THIS DESK BOUGHT WHEN THE
ALSO ORIGINAL TO THIS ROOM IS THIS DESK BOUGHT WHEN THE FURNITURE WAS AUTHORIZED, IT IS
THIS DESK BOUGHT WHEN THE FURNITURE WAS AUTHORIZED, IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED BY
FURNITURE WAS AUTHORIZED, IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED BY LINCOLN.
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED BY LINCOLN. NCOLN ENDED HIS STATE ELECTED
LINCOLN. NCOLN ENDED HIS STATE ELECTED CAREER IN THIS ROOM SERVING OUT
NCOLN ENDED HIS STATE ELECTED CAREER IN THIS ROOM SERVING OUT HIS FOURTH AND LAST TERM AS
CAREER IN THIS ROOM SERVING OUT HIS FOURTH AND LAST TERM AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
HIS FOURTH AND LAST TERM AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE. IT WAS ALSO HIS ROAD TO THE
STATE REPRESENTATIVE. IT WAS ALSO HIS ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN.
IT WAS ALSO HIS ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN. AND IT WAS HERE THE FINAL
WHITE HOUSE BEGAN. AND IT WAS HERE THE FINAL CHAPTER WAS WRITTEN.
AND IT WAS HERE THE FINAL CHAPTER WAS WRITTEN. ON JUNE 16, 1858, THE ILLINOIS
CHAPTER WAS WRITTEN. ON JUNE 16, 1858, THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY MET IN THIS
ON JUNE 16, 1858, THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY MET IN THIS ROOM TO SELECT A CANDIDATE TO
REPUBLICAN PARTY MET IN THIS ROOM TO SELECT A CANDIDATE TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE.
ROOM TO SELECT A CANDIDATE TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE. THE CANDIDATE WOULD FACE THE
RUN FOR U.S. SENATE. THE CANDIDATE WOULD FACE THE STATE'S MOST POWERFUL
THE CANDIDATE WOULD FACE THE STATE'S MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN, STEPHEN DOUGLAS.
STATE'S MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN, STEPHEN DOUGLAS. THEY CHOSE LINCOLN, AND THAT
POLITICIAN, STEPHEN DOUGLAS. THEY CHOSE LINCOLN, AND THAT EVENING HE GAVE HIS ACCEPTANCE
THEY CHOSE LINCOLN, AND THAT EVENING HE GAVE HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
EVENING HE GAVE HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. DOUGLAS WAS BEST KNOWN FOR
SPEECH. DOUGLAS WAS BEST KNOWN FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE
DOUGLAS WAS BEST KNOWN FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT WHICH WOULD
SPONSORSHIP OF THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT WHICH WOULD ALLOW NEW STATES TO DECIDE THE
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT WHICH WOULD ALLOW NEW STATES TO DECIDE THE LEGALITY OF SLAVERY WITHIN THEIR
ALLOW NEW STATES TO DECIDE THE LEGALITY OF SLAVERY WITHIN THEIR BORDERS.
LEGALITY OF SLAVERY WITHIN THEIR BORDERS. LINCOLN WAS A ABOUT TO ADDRESS
BORDERS. LINCOLN WAS A ABOUT TO ADDRESS THAT LAW IN THE NATION'S BITTER
LINCOLN WAS A ABOUT TO ADDRESS THAT LAW IN THE NATION'S BITTER DIVISION.
DER THIS PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON, HE SAID "IN MY OPINION, IT WILL NOT CEASE UNTIL
WASHINGTON, HE SAID "IN MY OPINION, IT WILL NOT CEASE UNTIL A CRISIS SHALL HAVE BEEN REACHED
OPINION, IT WILL NOT CEASE UNTIL A CRISIS SHALL HAVE BEEN REACHED AND PASSED.
A CRISIS SHALL HAVE BEEN REACHED AND PASSED. A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
AND PASSED. A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND.
A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND. I BELIEVE THIS GOVERNMENT CANNOT
CANNOT STAND. I BELIEVE THIS GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENDURE PERMANENTLY HALF SLAVE
I BELIEVE THIS GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENDURE PERMANENTLY HALF SLAVE AND A HALF FREE.
ENDURE PERMANENTLY HALF SLAVE AND A HALF FREE. I DO NOT EXPECT THE UNION TO BE
AND A HALF FREE. I DO NOT EXPECT THE UNION TO BE DISSOLVED.
I DO NOT EXPECT THE UNION TO BE DISSOLVED. I DO NOT EXPECT THE HOUSE TO
DISSOLVED. I DO NOT EXPECT THE HOUSE TO FALL.
I DO NOT EXPECT THE HOUSE TO FALL. BUT I DO EXPECT IT WILL CEASE TO
FALL. BUT I DO EXPECT IT WILL CEASE TO BE DIVIDED.
BUT I DO EXPECT IT WILL CEASE TO BE DIVIDED. IT WILL BECOME ALL ONE THING OR
BE DIVIDED. IT WILL BECOME ALL ONE THING OR ALL THE OTHER."
THAT SPEECH WAS SEEN BY FRIENDS AND DELEGATES ALIKE AS A DISMAL FAILURE.
AND DELEGATES ALIKE AS A DISMAL FAILURE. HE WENT ONTO LOOSE THAT
FAILURE. HE WENT ONTO LOOSE THAT ELECTION. BUT THAT SPEECH,
HE WENT ONTO LOOSE THAT ELECTION. BUT THAT SPEECH, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS THAT HE
ELECTION. BUT THAT SPEECH, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS THAT HE GAVE DURING THE FAMOUS
ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS THAT HE GAVE DURING THE FAMOUS LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES PUT HIS
GAVE DURING THE FAMOUS LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES PUT HIS NAME AT THE HEAD OF HIS PARTY
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES PUT HIS NAME AT THE HEAD OF HIS PARTY AND THE NATION.
NAME AT THE HEAD OF HIS PARTY AND THE NATION. IN 1865, LINCOLN'S BODY RETURNED
AND THE NATION. IN 1865, LINCOLN'S BODY RETURNED TO THIS ROOM.
IN 1865, LINCOLN'S BODY RETURNED TO THIS ROOM. HERE UNDER THE SAME PORTRAIT OF
TO THIS ROOM. HERE UNDER THE SAME PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON, HE LAY IN STATE.
HERE UNDER THE SAME PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON, HE LAY IN STATE. IT WOULD BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY
WASHINGTON, HE LAY IN STATE. IT WOULD BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW HIS
IT WOULD BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW HIS REMAINS BEFORE BURIAL.
THIS IS THE RECEPTION AREA TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. BACK IN THE TIME WHEN LINCOLN
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. BACK IN THE TIME WHEN LINCOLN WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, THE
BACK IN THE TIME WHEN LINCOLN WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, THE CANDIDATE DIDN'T GO AROUND THE
WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, THE CANDIDATE DIDN'T GO AROUND THE COUNTRY MAKING SPEECHES.
CANDIDATE DIDN'T GO AROUND THE COUNTRY MAKING SPEECHES. BUT STAYED THIS ONE PLACE AND
COUNTRY MAKING SPEECHES. BUT STAYED THIS ONE PLACE AND LET THE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS AND
BUT STAYED THIS ONE PLACE AND LET THE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS AND PUBLIC COME TO THEM.
LET THE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS AND PUBLIC COME TO THEM. SO THIS WAS THE INFORMAL
PUBLIC COME TO THEM. SO THIS WAS THE INFORMAL HEADQUARTERS OF LINCOLN CAM
SO THIS WAS THE INFORMAL HEADQUARTERS OF LINCOLN CAM PAPE. IT WAS ALSO ROOM THAT WAS
HEADQUARTERS OF LINCOLN CAM PAPE. IT WAS ALSO ROOM THAT WAS RAPIDLY FILLING WITH GIFTS
PAPE. IT WAS ALSO ROOM THAT WAS RAPIDLY FILLING WITH GIFTS BROUGHT BY WELL-WISHERS AND
RAPIDLY FILLING WITH GIFTS BROUGHT BY WELL-WISHERS AND THOSE SEEKING POLITICAL FAVORS.
BROUGHT BY WELL-WISHERS AND THOSE SEEKING POLITICAL FAVORS. AS WE HAVE ALREADY HINTED, THIS
THOSE SEEKING POLITICAL FAVORS. AS WE HAVE ALREADY HINTED, THIS BUILDING HAS A TIE IN TO ANOTHER
AS WE HAVE ALREADY HINTED, THIS BUILDING HAS A TIE IN TO ANOTHER FUTURE PRESIDENT.
BUILDING HAS A TIE IN TO ANOTHER FUTURE PRESIDENT. IT COULD BE SAID HIS PATH TO THE
FUTURE PRESIDENT. IT COULD BE SAID HIS PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN IN THIS ROOM.
IT COULD BE SAID HIS PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN IN THIS ROOM. THIS WAS THE OFFICE OF THE AND
WHITE HOUSE BEGAN IN THIS ROOM. THIS WAS THE OFFICE OF THE AND JEW TANT WHO OVERSAW THE STATE
THIS WAS THE OFFICE OF THE AND JEW TANT WHO OVERSAW THE STATE MILITIA.
JEW TANT WHO OVERSAW THE STATE MILITIA. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN, IT
MILITIA. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN, IT WAS A BUSY PLACE AS GROUPS OF
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN, IT WAS A BUSY PLACE AS GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE
WAS A BUSY PLACE AS GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE CAME HERE TO REGISTER FOR
VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE CAME HERE TO REGISTER FOR SERVICE.
CAME HERE TO REGISTER FOR SERVICE. ONE OF THE PEOPLE WAS A WEST
SERVICE. ONE OF THE PEOPLE WAS A WEST POINT GRAD PRIT AND MEXICAN WAR
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WAS A WEST POINT GRAD PRIT AND MEXICAN WAR VETERAN.
POINT GRAD PRIT AND MEXICAN WAR VETERAN. THEY WERE FROM GALENA, A MAN WHO
VETERAN. THEY WERE FROM GALENA, A MAN WHO ACCOMPANIED THEM WAS ULYSSES
THEY WERE FROM GALENA, A MAN WHO ACCOMPANIED THEM WAS ULYSSES GRANT.
ACCOMPANIED THEM WAS ULYSSES GRANT. HE WAS ASKED TO HELP STAY AND
GRANT. HE WAS ASKED TO HELP STAY AND TRAIN AND ORGANIZE AND MUSTER IN
HE WAS ASKED TO HELP STAY AND TRAIN AND ORGANIZE AND MUSTER IN THE NEW TROOPS.
TRAIN AND ORGANIZE AND MUSTER IN THE NEW TROOPS. HE WOULD WORK FROM A DESK UNDER
THE NEW TROOPS. HE WOULD WORK FROM A DESK UNDER THE STAIRS, ALL THE WHILE HOPING
HE WOULD WORK FROM A DESK UNDER THE STAIRS, ALL THE WHILE HOPING TO BE ASSIGNED A COMMAND.
THE STAIRS, ALL THE WHILE HOPING TO BE ASSIGNED A COMMAND. EVENTUALLY DUE TO GOVERNOR YATES
TO BE ASSIGNED A COMMAND. EVENTUALLY DUE TO GOVERNOR YATES RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANT WAS MADE
EVENTUALLY DUE TO GOVERNOR YATES RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANT WAS MADE A COLONEL OF THE 21ST ILLINOIS
RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANT WAS MADE A COLONEL OF THE 21ST ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS.
A COLONEL OF THE 21ST ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. ANYWAY, THAT WAS 1861.
VOLUNTEERS. ANYWAY, THAT WAS 1861. NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO 1843 AND
ANYWAY, THAT WAS 1861. NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO 1843 AND LINCOLN'S LAW CAREER.
NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO 1843 AND LINCOLN'S LAW CAREER. AT THAT TIME HE WAS A JUNIOR
LINCOLN'S LAW CAREER. AT THAT TIME HE WAS A JUNIOR PARTNER WITH STEPHEN LOGAN WHO
AT THAT TIME HE WAS A JUNIOR PARTNER WITH STEPHEN LOGAN WHO WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST
PARTNER WITH STEPHEN LOGAN WHO WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST ATTORNEYS IN THE STATE.
WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST ATTORNEYS IN THE STATE. IN 1843, THAT FIRM HAD JUST
ATTORNEYS IN THE STATE. IN 1843, THAT FIRM HAD JUST MOVED INTO A NEW OFFICE BUILDING
IN 1843, THAT FIRM HAD JUST MOVED INTO A NEW OFFICE BUILDING >> ACROSS FROM THE OLD STATE
MOVED INTO A NEW OFFICE BUILDING >> ACROSS FROM THE OLD STATE CAPITOL IS THIS BUILDING ALSO
>> ACROSS FROM THE OLD STATE CAPITOL IS THIS BUILDING ALSO RUN AND MAINTAINED BY THE
CAPITOL IS THIS BUILDING ALSO RUN AND MAINTAINED BY THE ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION
RUN AND MAINTAINED BY THE ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY.
ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY. BUILT DURING THE BOOM AFTER THE
AGENCY. BUILT DURING THE BOOM AFTER THE CAPITOL'S MOVE FROM VANDALIA,
BUILT DURING THE BOOM AFTER THE CAPITOL'S MOVE FROM VANDALIA, ITS OWNERS FORESAW THE TOP TWO
CAPITOL'S MOVE FROM VANDALIA, ITS OWNERS FORESAW THE TOP TWO FLOORS AS AWARE HOUSE.
ITS OWNERS FORESAW THE TOP TWO FLOORS AS AWARE HOUSE. OFFICE SPACE WAS AT A PREMIUM.
FLOORS AS AWARE HOUSE. OFFICE SPACE WAS AT A PREMIUM. THIS, THE SECOND FLOOR WAS
OFFICE SPACE WAS AT A PREMIUM. THIS, THE SECOND FLOOR WAS RENTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THIS, THE SECOND FLOOR WAS RENTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT $500 A YEAR FOR ITS OFFICES
RENTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT $500 A YEAR FOR ITS OFFICES AND A COURTROOM.
AT $500 A YEAR FOR ITS OFFICES AND A COURTROOM. >> NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE
AND A COURTROOM. >> NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE CASES HEARD HERE SINCE ALL THE
>> NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE CASES HEARD HERE SINCE ALL THE RECORDS WERE LATER MOVED TO
CASES HEARD HERE SINCE ALL THE RECORDS WERE LATER MOVED TO CHICAGO AND LOST IN THE GREAT
RECORDS WERE LATER MOVED TO CHICAGO AND LOST IN THE GREAT FIRE.
CHICAGO AND LOST IN THE GREAT FIRE. BUT IT IS KNOWN THAT THE
FIRE. BUT IT IS KNOWN THAT THE EXTRADITION HEARING FOR JOSEPH
BUT IT IS KNOWN THAT THE EXTRADITION HEARING FOR JOSEPH SMITH, FOUNDER OF THE MORMAN
EXTRADITION HEARING FOR JOSEPH SMITH, FOUNDER OF THE MORMAN RELIGION, WAS HELD IN THIS ROOM.
SMITH, FOUNDER OF THE MORMAN RELIGION, WAS HELD IN THIS ROOM. >> IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE.
RELIGION, WAS HELD IN THIS ROOM. >> IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE. AT THE BENCH WAS NA NATHANIEL
>> IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE. AT THE BENCH WAS NA NATHANIEL POPE, ONE OF ILLINOIS' FOUNDING
AT THE BENCH WAS NA NATHANIEL POPE, ONE OF ILLINOIS' FOUNDING FATHERS, AND IN ORDER TO
POPE, ONE OF ILLINOIS' FOUNDING FATHERS, AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE HUGE CROWD, HE
FATHERS, AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE HUGE CROWD, HE INVITED THE LADIES TO JOIN HIM
ACCOMMODATE THE HUGE CROWD, HE INVITED THE LADIES TO JOIN HIM UP HERE.
INVITED THE LADIES TO JOIN HIM UP HERE. ONE OF THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS IS
UP HERE. ONE OF THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS IS SAID TO HAVE REMARKED ABOUT
ONE OF THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS IS SAID TO HAVE REMARKED ABOUT APPROVE ET OF THE LORD BEING
SAID TO HAVE REMARKED ABOUT APPROVE ET OF THE LORD BEING TRIED IN THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS
APPROVE ET OF THE LORD BEING TRIED IN THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS BEFORE POPE.
TRIED IN THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS BEFORE POPE. DIRECTLY ABOVE THE COURTROOM IS
BEFORE POPE. DIRECTLY ABOVE THE COURTROOM IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS LAW
DIRECTLY ABOVE THE COURTROOM IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS LAW OFFICE IN THE STATE.
PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS LAW OFFICE IN THE STATE. THIS WAS THE ROOM LOGAN AND
OFFICE IN THE STATE. THIS WAS THE ROOM LOGAN AND LINCOLN MOVED INTO IN 1843.
THIS WAS THE ROOM LOGAN AND LINCOLN MOVED INTO IN 1843. BY TODAY'S STANDARDS IT IT SEEMS
LINCOLN MOVED INTO IN 1843. BY TODAY'S STANDARDS IT IT SEEMS STARK WITH NO FLOOR OR WALL
BY TODAY'S STANDARDS IT IT SEEMS STARK WITH NO FLOOR OR WALL COVERING AND ONLY THE MOST
STARK WITH NO FLOOR OR WALL COVERING AND ONLY THE MOST ESSENTIAL PIECES OF FURNITURE.
COVERING AND ONLY THE MOST ESSENTIAL PIECES OF FURNITURE. THE PARTNER SAT AT THE HEAD
ESSENTIAL PIECES OF FURNITURE. THE PARTNER SAT AT THE HEAD TABLE WHILE BEFORE THEM WERE
THE PARTNER SAT AT THE HEAD TABLE WHILE BEFORE THEM WERE SEVERAL CLERKS WHO SPENT MOST OF
TABLE WHILE BEFORE THEM WERE SEVERAL CLERKS WHO SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME COPYING DOCUMENTS.
SEVERAL CLERKS WHO SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME COPYING DOCUMENTS. IN THE SUMMER, GRASS GREW ON THE
THEIR TIME COPYING DOCUMENTS. IN THE SUMMER, GRASS GREW ON THE FLOOR IN THE MANURE AND MUD THAT
IN THE SUMMER, GRASS GREW ON THE FLOOR IN THE MANURE AND MUD THAT HAD BEEN TRACKED INTO THE OFFICE
FLOOR IN THE MANURE AND MUD THAT HAD BEEN TRACKED INTO THE OFFICE >> THIS IS A PRIME LOCATION.
HAD BEEN TRACKED INTO THE OFFICE >> THIS IS A PRIME LOCATION. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE
>> THIS IS A PRIME LOCATION. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE STATE CAPITOL.
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE STATE CAPITOL. IT IS THE LAW LIBRARY.
STATE CAPITOL. IT IS THE LAW LIBRARY. THE BEST HOTEL IN TOWN IS RIGHT
IT IS THE LAW LIBRARY. THE BEST HOTEL IN TOWN IS RIGHT OVER HERE.
THE BEST HOTEL IN TOWN IS RIGHT OVER HERE. BELOW IS THE FEDERAL COURTROOM
OVER HERE. BELOW IS THE FEDERAL COURTROOM AND POST OFFICE AND JUST HALF A
BELOW IS THE FEDERAL COURTROOM AND POST OFFICE AND JUST HALF A BLOCK AWAY IS THE SANGAMON
AND POST OFFICE AND JUST HALF A BLOCK AWAY IS THE SANGAMON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
BLOCK AWAY IS THE SANGAMON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. NOT LONG AFTER MOVING HERE,
COUNTY COURTHOUSE. NOT LONG AFTER MOVING HERE, LOGAN LEFT TO PARTNER WITH HIS
NOT LONG AFTER MOVING HERE, LOGAN LEFT TO PARTNER WITH HIS SON.
LOGAN LEFT TO PARTNER WITH HIS SON. SO LINCOLN TOOK ON ONE OF THEIR
SON. SO LINCOLN TOOK ON ONE OF THEIR CLERKS AS A JUNIOR PARTNER,
SO LINCOLN TOOK ON ONE OF THEIR CLERKS AS A JUNIOR PARTNER, WILLIAM HERNDON.
CLERKS AS A JUNIOR PARTNER, WILLIAM HERNDON. LINCOLN DOESN'T SPEND MUCH TIME
WILLIAM HERNDON. LINCOLN DOESN'T SPEND MUCH TIME HERE.
LINCOLN DOESN'T SPEND MUCH TIME HERE. HE WAS BUSY RIDING THE CIRCUIT
HERE. HE WAS BUSY RIDING THE CIRCUIT OR ATTENDING TO BUSINESS AT THE
HE WAS BUSY RIDING THE CIRCUIT OR ATTENDING TO BUSINESS AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
OR ATTENDING TO BUSINESS AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING. IN 1847, LINCOLN HEADED TO
CAPITOL BUILDING. IN 1847, LINCOLN HEADED TO WASHINGTON D.C. FOR HIS FIRST
IN 1847, LINCOLN HEADED TO WASHINGTON D.C. FOR HIS FIRST AND ONLY TERM IN CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON D.C. FOR HIS FIRST AND ONLY TERM IN CONGRESS. WITH LINCOLN GONE, HERNDON
AND ONLY TERM IN CONGRESS. WITH LINCOLN GONE, HERNDON NEEDED LESS SPACE, SO HE MOVED
WITH LINCOLN GONE, HERNDON NEEDED LESS SPACE, SO HE MOVED HIS FIRM TO A SMALLER OFFICE
NEEDED LESS SPACE, SO HE MOVED HIS FIRM TO A SMALLER OFFICE JUST A FEW YARDS FROM THE LAST
HIS FIRM TO A SMALLER OFFICE JUST A FEW YARDS FROM THE LAST LOCATION.
JUST A FEW YARDS FROM THE LAST LOCATION. >> OUT OF ALL THE OFFICES FROM
LOCATION. >> OUT OF ALL THE OFFICES FROM WHICH LINCOLN WOULD PRACTICE LAW
>> OUT OF ALL THE OFFICES FROM WHICH LINCOLN WOULD PRACTICE LAW THERE ARE ONLY TWO REMAINING
WHICH LINCOLN WOULD PRACTICE LAW THERE ARE ONLY TWO REMAINING TODAY.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO REMAINING TODAY. BOTH ARE IN THIS BUILDING.
TODAY. BOTH ARE IN THIS BUILDING. >> HERE IS AN INTERESTING SIDE
BOTH ARE IN THIS BUILDING. >> HERE IS AN INTERESTING SIDE BAR: IN THE OFFICE NEXT DOOR
>> HERE IS AN INTERESTING SIDE BAR: IN THE OFFICE NEXT DOOR WAS A FRIEND OF ABRAHAM
BAR: IN THE OFFICE NEXT DOOR WAS A FRIEND OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BY THE NAME OF ALBERT
WAS A FRIEND OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BY THE NAME OF ALBERT BLEDSOE.
LINCOLN'S BY THE NAME OF ALBERT BLEDSOE. HE WAS EDITOR OF THE LOCAL WHIG
BLEDSOE. HE WAS EDITOR OF THE LOCAL WHIG NEWSPAPER.
HE WAS EDITOR OF THE LOCAL WHIG NEWSPAPER. HE LEFT SPRINGFIELD IN 1840 AND
NEWSPAPER. HE LEFT SPRINGFIELD IN 1840 AND WOUND UP IN VIRGINIA WHERE HE
HE LEFT SPRINGFIELD IN 1840 AND WOUND UP IN VIRGINIA WHERE HE WAS LATER NAMED ASSISTANT
WOUND UP IN VIRGINIA WHERE HE WAS LATER NAMED ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR FOR THE
WAS LATER NAMED ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR FOR THE CONFEDERACY.
SECRETARY OF WAR FOR THE CONFEDERACY. >> TODAY THESE RECONSTRUCTED
CONFEDERACY. >> TODAY THESE RECONSTRUCTED OFFICES COMBINED WITH THE OLD
>> TODAY THESE RECONSTRUCTED OFFICES COMBINED WITH THE OLD STATE CAPITOL HELP RECREATE
OFFICES COMBINED WITH THE OLD STATE CAPITOL HELP RECREATE LINCOLN'S WORLD, HERE HIS
STATE CAPITOL HELP RECREATE LINCOLN'S WORLD, HERE HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER GREW, HIS
LINCOLN'S WORLD, HERE HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER GREW, HIS RISE TO NATIONAL PROGRAM NENES
PROFESSIONAL CAREER GREW, HIS RISE TO NATIONAL PROGRAM NENES -- TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE.
RISE TO NATIONAL PROGRAM NENES -- TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE. THE OLD STATE CAPITOL DISPLAYS
-- TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE. THE OLD STATE CAPITOL DISPLAYS TEMPORARY OR TOURING EXHIBIT
THE OLD STATE CAPITOL DISPLAYS TEMPORARY OR TOURING EXHIBIT FROM TIME TO TIME.
TEMPORARY OR TOURING EXHIBIT FROM TIME TO TIME. ON DISPLAY THE DAY WE VISITED
FROM TIME TO TIME. ON DISPLAY THE DAY WE VISITED WAS FURNITURE FROM ABRAHAM
ON DISPLAY THE DAY WE VISITED WAS FURNITURE FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FUNERAL TRAIN.
WAS FURNITURE FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FUNERAL TRAIN. TO SCHEDULE A GROUP TOUR OR FOR
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