LAD #14

Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address was an essential speech in the sense that it would set the tone of Lincoln’s presidency in the years to follow. He begins his speech by reassuring the South that they need not to worry because he has no intentions of abolishing slavery in places where it has already existed. Lincoln’s main objective in the address was establishing his goal, preservation of the Union. Lincoln thought the secession was un-American and unconstitutional. Lincoln knew that the Constitution was unclear on some issues like slavery and secession but stated that how these things would be solved would determine the fate of the Union. Lincoln concludes the address by stressing the fact that the states of the nation should be friends , not enemies, so that unity and nationality could be restored to our great land.