![Lincoln’s Rhetorical Fireworks](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sAB5DGPE43H-i6VAfxQN1CIwIbIhcGkNGUCBKYQcftuk5SSrzkQxscLmNJgBH0kl9zOpTtYv15SlyzRgkxEHTARzbwJm8pqoxCoQqFZOQ-qOirQw_oE41NqwdrOepkOqXahcBjI9qqcG_1Kt3S62S8jy4YBGsOrWzipUcamGT_RkR5zS58jsWw4UNn=s0-d)
When the Confederacy opened fire on Fort Sumter in April 1861, Abraham Lincoln responded within hours, ordering a naval blockade of Southern ports and calling for 75,000 volunteers to “maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union.”
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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/lincolns-rhetorical-fireworks/?source=Snapzu
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