LAD #14: Lincoln's First Inaugural

This election is known as the spark of the civil war, but Lincoln starts his inaugural by addressing the predicament of slavery and therefore it was directed towards the South. In the speech he vowed to maintain the Union and keep all the states, even if it meant war. Also he declared that the Union was indissolvable and needed to be kept unified. Furthermore, he said that we would not be the first to attack, and soon after this speech, the Confederate army attacked Fort Sumter, which was included in speech that the Union would hold onto its property, rights, and places that belonged to the government. In the speech he addressed slavery, the south, not using force against the south,  secession, protection of slavery (Corwin amendment), more about slavery (in territories), the postal service (how it would still be in use in the south), and federal positions in the South. He ends with, "We are not enemies, but friends." And that the North and South must get along in order to create a strong unified nation.