LAD #19: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

There is a tone of sadness in his speech, even though he was just re-elected President and the Civil War would soon come to an end as well as slavery. Lincoln described how both sides were wrong and did not realize what they were getting into in this war. He also makes many references to God throughout his speech."With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. " By this, Lincoln references to the times ahead such as Reconstruction where he tries to help the South and make the country better for the future.