This Speakeasy Podcast examines the text of the speech Lincoln delivered on October 16, 1854, at Peoria, Illinois.

Useful links:

* The online version of Lincoln’s Peoria speech.

* The online version of the seven-volume Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler.

* The one-volume, paperback Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings, also edited by Roy P. Basler.

* Vindicating Lincoln by your host, Thomas L. Krannawitter.