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This speech's final paragraph announces, "neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government". Elsewhere, this oration examined restrictions placed on Tennessee's entrance to the Union. This oration was originally to be given at Henry Ward (*) Beecher's church. It argued that at least 21 of the 39 Framers advocated controlling or abolishing slavery, a statement that refuted a claim made in an earlier address by the speaker's rival, Stephen A. Douglas. For 10 points, name this 1859 address given at a namesake New York school by Abraham Lincoln.
This speech's final paragraph announces, "neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government".
Cooper Union Speech [or Cooper Union Address]