Abraham Lincoln 's President Of The United States

When Abraham Lincoln won the presidency in 1860 the Union was divided. He accepted his presidential duties knowing that he was working with a nation that no longer remained united. Seven of the southern states had already seceded from the Union and were beginning to refer to themselves as the Confederates. What he had now were free states and slave states. When Lincoln gave his Inaugural Address he attempted to do so in a way that would not dissuade his chances of gaining support in the southern states, especially when it involved the institution of slavery. However, he also made it clear in his address that he believed a secure and united nation was of utmost importance and he rejected the ideas

Lincoln was not ready to abolish slavery in the South, nor was he ready to take too extreme of a stance on the subject. Good politicians never lean to extreme on an issue for fear of losing popularity with the other side, and Lincoln was smart and tried to stay more neutral. He was very hesitant to act to fast or make any drastic decisions because he was scared to completely lose the South. Lincoln had little to gain from slavery and much to lose at that time. A presidential attack on slavery would cause controversy in the north over war goals, create further want for secession in the South and make the South turn against him even more, making restoration of the Union far more difficult (Klingaman 71). Politically, the better choice was to not make any extreme choices for slavery. In the summer of 1964, he even tried to write a statement for peace terms that stated that any proposition for peace, the abandonment of slavery, and an end to the war would be considered by the United States government (Lincoln 201). But this statement was disregarded by the south because it called for abolition. The south was still not willing to compromise and therefore Lincoln could not take a stand completely against slavery. That is why he was never committed to abolishing slavery, only stopping it from expanding out of the South. Unionists who were opposed to abolition were told

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was primarily focused on the preservation of the Union. It wasn’t until after the Battle of Antietam that Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in rebelling states and territories. He believed that emancipating slaves made the war a moral issue and that abolition was necessary to preserve the Union. I believe that as the war went on, Lincoln not only wanted to reunify the country, but abolish slavery as well.

On March 4, 1865, four long years after the onset of the Civil War, United States President Abraham Lincoln presented his consolidating Second Inaugural Address with “high hope for the future.” His ideas for progression metamorphosed from “saving the Union without war,” in his First Inaugural Address, to salvaging what remained of the ruptured relationship between the North and South in his Second Inaugural Address and mending the wounds suffered by both. The president achieved his intent by using cogent parallelism paired with elaborate allusions to reveal that both the North and the South possess corresponding traits, and descriptive diction to ekove more than emotions in his audience.

Lincoln throughout his life, deep down, always was against slavery. At a young age he disagreed with it due to the fact that his parents were anti-slavery and because he sympathized with the blacks due to his poor life as a child. His aversion to slavery would only grow as his political career progressed. While he was wanting to earn votes, or keep states from seceding he made the expansion of slavery his main goal rather than abolishing it. It wasn’t until further into the Civil War that the president would work towards fully abolishing slavery and attempting to give slaves their

Abraham Lincoln gives his Second Inaugural Address, Saturday, March 4, 1865, contemplating the effects of the Civil War using various rhetorical devices, rooting from logic. Lincoln expresses his passion for the country, not as separated states, but as a whole Union. Abraham uses these devices to achieve his soul purpose which is to persuade the “countrymen” to resolve this Civil war, and think about the future of this country. Lincoln shows passion for the country by explaining the unity he wants in the states. We are all united by one God, and the fellow-countrymen need to remember this. Lincoln also secretly points a finger at the South, to prove that while this isn’t all the Souths fault, they do have fault in this war. Lincoln is also trying to engage the men and women to think about the future and what this wars effects will be. He wants the best for this country, and with war this is not fulfilling his beliefs.

Lincoln didn 't believe slavery was morally correct. There was one large problem with that; it had already been approved by the highest law in the current United States: the Constitution. This law was also approved by the Supreme Court of the time. The nation’s founding fathers, who also struggled with addressing slavery, did not flat-out write the word “slavery” in the Constitution, but they did many things include key clauses that were protecting the institution, including a fugitive slave clause and also the three-fifths clause, which allowed Southern states to count slaves as “partial people” for the purposes of representation in the federal government.

Lincoln suggests that the institution of slavery be contained by preventing the spread of it to the new territories and Free states, although he had no interest in interfering with the already entitled slave states. He agrees that it was the right of the state to make its own decisions, not the federal government. Although Lincoln did not favor getting involved with abolishing slavery in the already declared slave states, he did favor total abolition in the distant future. He was first worried about stopping the expansion of slavery and then the next step to be taken would have been the "ultimate extinction" of it throughout the states. Lincoln did believe that every white man had no more equality than another. For this is one of the main reasons why at this time a resolution needed to be found in order to keep this equality in the new territories. Lincoln made a valid point in his speech that if slave holders were to settle in a new territory along with people opposed to slavery, which party has the right to decide what type of territory and future state it will be declared as? As for the rights of slaves, Lincoln agreed with Douglas that slaves did not have the same individual rights as everyone else, but he did believe that the liberties given under the Declaration of Independence involved such slaves. It is obvious that the Republicans of this time find slavery as being a "moral, social, and political wrong",

As Abraham Lincoln was elected President, many controversies stirred among the people of his country. Lincoln was a true man who saw slavery as evil but did not call himself an abolitionist. He believed the way abolitionists chose to denounce slaveholders did not fit their democratic country favoring majority rule. Though he knew slavery was morally wrong, he also knew it was up to the people to decide where they wanted to have slavery, and abolitionists interfered with that. He did not wish to preserve slavery in his country nor did he oppose those who did. His plan for the Union was to prevent the further colonization of states to include slavery in hopes that it would slowly cease to exist. To the abolitionists, Lincoln’s lack of action

As a Republican President, Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery. He believed it was unnecessary to everyone-including Negros and Whites. However, with his stand on slavery, he held back by declaring that he had no reason to disrupt slavery where it existed. The constitution had protected states where citizens wanted slavery to exist. Lincoln knew he would not get enough support and that the four slave-holding states in the North would turn against him. As a result, the Civil War began in 1861 with more of a political purpose in keeping the union together rather than a battle for human freedom. Slaveholders could not turn to the Union’s side because slaves were valuable and played a vital role to

Lincoln states "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." Lincoln was strictly for the Union and if he could save the Union and end slavery he would, but his first thoughts were for the Union, and only the Union. He deals with slavery in this manner because he does not want to upset or cause turmoil in the South. Even though the Civil War was going on, he wants it to end and the Union to be whole.

The questions began to rise; was this war just a minor internal quarrel regarding taxes and land? Or was there a bigger issue at play behind all the political arguing and name calling, an issue that truly was relative to humanity as a whole regardless of one’s race? The week following Lincoln assuming the position of president he sent his Secretary of State, William Seward, to deliver a message to the rest of the surrounding country’s containing a firm and direct warning: “Any gesture of support to the South that could potentially weaken the Union’s position would be considered an act of war.” During the early

The impending destruction of the Union was a grim reality President Abraham Lincoln had to face when he was elected in November of 1860. During the four months between President Lincoln’s election and Inauguration in March of 1861, seven southern states had already declared their secession, and elected Jefferson Davis as their confederate president. Tensions were high, and it was time for Lincoln to “end his silence.” The first inaugural address was to calm leaders of the southern slave states, and end the secession crisis by keeping them from dichotomizing the Union. Lincoln begins by addressing the southern slave states “I have no purpose, directly, or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists.

During his first inaugural speech, Abraham Lincoln attempts to lure the southern states into a false sense of security by saying, "apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that... their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension... [as] I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so (First Inaugural Address)."

During Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, the United States was divided into North and South, who were at war with one another. Recognizing the nation needed a determined leader to guide them into prosperity, Lincoln devised his plan for success. Lincoln’s attempts to preserve the North, while uniting them with the South seemed to be failing as the war continued throughout his first term. Once Lincoln got reelected in 1864, he set out to succeed in his mission of reuniting the nation. In Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, he uses allusions, personification, and rhetorical appeals to convey the importance of the war in order to preserve the nation.