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Friday, May 7, 2004
Lincoln speech electrifies
NY crowd 144 years latef
By Josh L. Dickey
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Seven score
and Four years ago, Abraham
Lincoln unfolded his rawboned
frame from a wooden chair, sur
veyed the gas-lit throng of
gawking New Yorkers at
Cooper Union’s Great Hall and,
in his thin, prairie-tinged tenor,
began the speech that would
shape a nation.
“The facts with which 1 shall
deal this evening are mainly old
and familiar,” he said, “nor is
there anything new in the gener
al use I shall make of them.”
A humble opening line, con
sidering the impact that the Feb.
27, 1860, speech would make:
Lincoln’s tightly reasoned argu
ment against the expansion of
slavery would electrify the
unsuspecting crowd, turn the
tide of the Republican Party’s
nomination and vault him to the
presidency later that same year.
On Wednesday night. Lincoln
scholar Harold Holzer and actor
Sam Waterston (of NBC’s “Law
and Order” fame) embarked
upon a modem social experiment
of sorts: Could today's voters,
accustomed to ingesting political
messages in 30-second morsels,
sit still for a rereading of the
“Right makes might” speech?
To answer that question, they
invited the public back to Cooper
Union, where Waterston, who’s
played Lincoln on television and
the stage, would reprise his role as
the 16th president. And the public
was a willing guinea pig, judging
by the long line of hopeful partic
ipants that doubled over as it
snaked around the stout, brown-
stone edifice an hour before
Wednesday night’s free event.
With the audience firmly
wedged into the 9(X)-seat hall.
Holzer, author of “Lincoln at
Cooper Union: The Speech That
Made Abraham Lincoln
President,” set the mood,
reminding that in Lincoln’s time,
voters willingly withstood three-
hour debates “of the kind we no
longer have because we doubt
the American attention span.”
I was
astonished at the
reaction.
Astonished. I
thought we
might wear
them out.
— Sam Waterston
actor
He also described how
Lincoln, who had already made a
national reputation as an orator
but was unfamiliar to New York’s
political elite, shocked the crowd
as he rose to speak with his "ill-
fitting suit, uncombed hair, awk
ward gestures, thin voice and
frontier accent.”
Appearances aside. Lincoln
knew it would be his "political
do-or-die moment.” a chance to
"show a sophisticated crowd that
he was no frontier bumpkin —
but a master of logic, history and
argumentation.” Holzer said.
With the introductions over.
Waterston — wearing a modem
suit but still bearing a resem
blance to the portrait of a young,
clean-shaven Lincoln staring
back at him from the rear of the
hall — stood behind the very
same waist-high lectern where
Lincoln once stood, and be# an '
Much as Lincoln repod*; 1 ^
had, Waterston struggled at ^ ,rsl ’
straining to find his voice aIH *
unable to settle on a parti t;u * ar
inflection ("It was the adf ena '
line," Waterston said later)-
audience, perhaps stunned
Lincoln’s long windup and
no assurances that they were not
about to be supremely b^ ret ^
simply froze.
But as the arguments ,tH) ^
shape, carefully knit with stf‘ mt * s
of irrefutable logic and clf ver ’
crowd-pleasing rhetof' c *d
devices, the 2004 listeners bei? an
to stir. At first it offered rnurt llurs
and timid laughter at the
barbs and fitting parables. But
ultimately, as Lincoln’s a-‘ iSer '
lions were galvanized one by
Waterston was forced to stop ^ v_
eral times, yielding to shout**
approval and rousing applauJ* t '‘
“People really seemed t^ ^
responding to the strength of
arguments." Josh Ward. 30, ff° m
Brooklyn, said later. "Hearing
just brought out the power of lhal
long, extended-format argun icn ‘
tat ion. I was amazed that my con
centration could hold on to th* 1 *-
The ovation, on this nigh* as
it was in I860, was thunderd^®*
heartfelt and long.
”1 felt as if I were pack
where what he said mattered
w hat I did.” said Alice C'raeit 1cr *
81. from Manhattan. “It wa sn *
just words, really, but son df a
call to participation. It * as
amazing, simply amazing.”
Waterston. the sweat °f
exhortation at his temples. ^ as
clearly moved.
“I was astonished at the*
reaction," Waterston said later
as he signed autograph-
"Astonished. I thought we
might wear them out."
Bethel Temple Assembly of God
2608 Villa Marla.
Bryan
776-4835
Sunday Worship 10:15
Sunday School 9:00
www.betheltemplebcs.com
First Christian Church
900 South Ennis, Bryan
823-5451
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
Robert D. Chandler, Minister
/Baptist
Parkway Baptist Church
1501 Southwest Pkwy
(979) 693-4701
Sunday Worship 10:45 am & 6 pm
Sunday School 9:30 am
Meal 5:15 pm. College Bible Study 6:30 pm
www.pbccs.org
Fellowship Free Will
Baptist Church
College & Career Class
You are invited to a Bible Study
especially for students.
Sunday mornings at 9:45
Wednesday night supper at 5:30,
followed by Bible Study at 6:30
1228 W. Villa Maria
779-2297
For more information contact
Bill Van Winkle: 774-3059
college ©fellowshipfwb.ora
http://www.teilowshipfw_b,org
‘Episcopat
St. Thomas Episcopal
906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, TX
696-1726
Services - 8:00 (Rite 1), 9:00(Family Service Rite II)
and 11:15 (Rite ll-tor late sleeping Ags)
7:30 p.m. Evensong
Next door to Canterbury House.
the Episopal Student Center
Lutheran
Sunday
8:15 a.m. 8. 10:45 a.m.
Sunday School
9:30 a.m.
Aggie Lutherans
■ LUTHERAN CHURCH
' COLLEGE' STATION, 1 ' 'TEXAS’
Comer of Harvey Mitchell Pkwy and Rio Grande
693-4403 « www.peacelutheranweb.com
Cathode ■ United Methodist
A&M United Methodist
417 University Dr. (in Norlhgate) • 846-8731
Sunday Worship: 8:30,9:45, 10:50
College Sunday School: 9:30,10:45
Thursday Nights: 5:30 - University Choir
6:30 - FREE Supper, 7:00 - College Bible Study
www.am-umc.org/college
Vfpn-'Denominationad
iiglelaiii
Feeling a Ntte overwhelmed?
Godcenheipl
We are a small church that teaches
God’s Word verse by verse, and
places a high value on worship.
CASUAL ATMOSPHERE
Come join usl
Currently meeting at:
Putt-Putt Golf 4 Gomes
1705 Valley View Dr C.S.
Just across Texas Ave. from
the C.S. Police Station
Services at 10:30 am Sunday
Pastor Jeff Hughes ’95
(979)324-3972 www.aggleland.ee
Ofpn-'DenominationaC
K St. Mary’s
Catholic Center
603 Church Avenue in Northgate
(979)846-5717
www.aqgiecatholic.org
Pastoral Team
Rev. Michael J. Sis, Pastor
Rev. Keith Koehl, Associate Pastor
- Campus Ministers -
Deacon Bill Scott, Deacon David Reed,
Martha Tonn, Julia Motekaitis
Dawn Rouen, Roel Garza
Daily Masses
Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church
Tues.&Thurs.: 12:05 p.m. in the
All Faiths Chapel
Weekend Masses
Sat: 2:00 p.m. (Korean),
5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sun.: 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.,
5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Confessions
Wed. 8:30-9:30 p.m., Sat. 4:00-5:15 p.m.
or by appointment.
First United
Methodist Church
Bryan
Worship Services:
8:40 am and 10:55 am
Sunday School at 9:45 am
Rev. Matt Idom, Pastor
On 28 ,h Street, 1 block east
of Texas Avenue in Bryan
779-1324
www. fu m cb ry a n. o rg
comm unity Cl ILJRCH
Now Mooting Across from Campus
in Oakwood Interm. School
George Bush & Hollk St.
behind the CS Conference Ctr.
Follow the signsl
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every
SUNDAY
worship @10:30 a.m.
small groups
meet throughout the week
www.comci fURCE l-com
260-1163
Hansarang
Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Praric Rd., CS
696-0403
Sunday Worship - 2:00p.m.
Covenant Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prairie Road
(979) 694-7700
Students Welcome
Sunday Service:
8:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School:
9:45 a.m.
www.covenantpresbyterian.org
Qmfer
Quaker Meeting
in College Station
We are the Bryan/College Station
Worship Group of the
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
We worship in silence, and attempt to
speak to that of God in everyone. Our
meetings are guided by the Spirit. As
expressed in St. Matthew, 18:20:
"Where two or three gather in my name,
there I shall be in the midst of them."
Meeting for Worship is held from 1 2:00
noon to 1:00 pm in the library of the
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, at 305
Wellborn Road, College Station, Texas.
For more information, call Karen James,
at 846-7093, or Jim Fletcher, at 693-
1561.
Unitarian UniversaCist
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
A Welcoming Congregation
Rev. Elizabeth Brown
979.696.5285 • 305 Wellborn Rd.
BrazosUU@aol.com • www.ipt.com/uuf/
Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Navy vet found
guilty of robbing
credit union
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A
decorated Navy veteran wlio
robbed a credit union and then
hid out in the Mississippi River
in scuba gear was found guilty
Thursday, despite his claim
that he was drug-addled and
traumatized by a 1987 missile
attack.
A jury rejected Mark W.
Samples’ claim of insanity.
Samples, 40, could get up to
27 years in prison for the 2001
holdup. He could also get an
additional 10 years behind bars
after pleading guilty to failingto
appear for trial in 2002, No
sentencing date was set.
Prosecutors said Samples
walked into a Red Wing credit
union and stole nearly $70,000
at gunpoint. He hid in the river
for eight hours while police
searched nearby streets, later
drifting downstream to his car.
The defense argued that
Samples wanted to kill himself
but feared suicide would pre
vent any life-insurance payout
for his wife and son, so he
Brain-damaged
woman will be
kept alive
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The bw
pushed by Gov. Jeb Bush to
keep a severely braindamaged
woman alive is unconstitution
al. a judge ruled Thursday. The
governor’s office filed an imme
diate appeal.
The ruling by Pinellas Circuit
Court Judge W. Douglas Baird
voided the law passed in
October, just days after Terri
Schiavo was disconnected from
the feeding and hydration tube
which has kept her alive for
more than a decade.
The law allowed Bush to
order Terri Schiavo’s feeding
tube reconnected. The gover
nor's filing with the state 2nd
District Court of Appeal vnll
keep the tube in place. -A
In his ruling, Baird said the!
so-called “Terr'I’s Law" is
unconstitutional because it vio
lates Terri Schiavo’s right to pri
vacy and because it delegated
legislative power to the gover
nor.
Schiavo’s husband, Michael,
has fought a long court battle
to carry out what he said were
his wife's wishes not to be kept
alive artificially. But her par
ents. Bob and Mary Schindler,
doubt she had such wishes and
believe her condition could
improve with therapy.
The appeals court that
received Bush’s filling had pre
viously upheld Michael
Schiavo’s legal quest to discon
nect the tube.
Terri Schiavo, now 40, was
left severely brain damaged in
February 1990 after her heart
stopped beating because of
chemical imbalance brought
on by an eating disorder. She
left no written directive about
her wishes if she were ever
incapacitated.
U.S. lyme disease
cases climbed to
highest level ever
ATLANTA (AP) - Lyme dis
ease has climbed to its highest
level on record in the United
States, in part because of the
building of more and more
homes in the woods, the gov
ernment reported Thursday.
During 2002, a total of
23,763 cases were reported
to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention - up
40 percent from the previous
year.
“It is alarming to us," said
Dr. Erin Staples, a COC
researcher. “People really
have to know they can reduce
their risk of Lyme disease,"
Lyme disease bacteria are
transmitted to humans by ticks
that are carried by deer. The
CDC attributed the rise in
cases to growing populations
of deer that support deer ticks,
more homes being built in
wooded areas and better
recognition and reporting of
the disease.
Only Hawaii, Montana and
Oklahoma reported no cases
in 2002.
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