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Address of Hugh Gordon Miller at the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York

Address of Hugh Gordon Miller at the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York

Hugh Gordon Miller addresses the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York. He jokes about his previous speaking engagement in New York. He describes the historical and contemporary relationship between Virginians and New York. He celebrates the rebuilt union of states. Miller reviews the accomplishments of the United States and New South since the American Civil War. He teases about Kentucky’s politics. He pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, William McKinley, and Rough Riders. Miller regrets that the South is aligned with the Democratic Party and calls on Republicans in the North to help settle “the problem of the suffrage and of the races.” Miller concludes with a vision of the ideal United States. Club President Henry Edwin Tremain introduces Senator John M. Thurston.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-02-12

Letter from Hugh Gordon Miller to Curtis Guild

Letter from Hugh Gordon Miller to Curtis Guild

Hugh Gordon Miller supports the Roosevelt administration and is concerned about the chaotic state of the Republican Party in the South. He believes that young men will be Roosevelt’s best support in the South and he would like to help the party. Miller encloses a book of Lincoln Dinner speeches, one given by himself, and asks Curtis Guild to forward the book to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-11