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Compare And Contrast Gettysburg Address And Lincoln First Inaugural Address

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Lincoln was the president and head of the Union Army when they went into the Civil War. Lincoln had three speeches: the Gettysburg Address, LIncoln First and Second. The speeches were to address the public and to transfer his idea to the public. The progression of Lincoln ideas was steadfast until his assassination. Also Lincoln ideas was to unite the Union back into the one nation it was before the war and his secondary objective was to talk about slavery.

In Lincoln First Inaugural Address, Lincoln basically says that “no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to the effect are legally void, and that of violence within any State or States against the the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.” This basically means that no state can leave the Union or the government will be …show more content…

After Lincoln saw and heard of all the bloodshed during the Battle of Gettysburg, his idea for uniting the Union back together was reinforced and changed his idea of talking about slavery, to trying to free all the slaves in the southern states. This affected the American People because Lincoln then went full force trying to make the seceded states submit, he had the American people make guns, clothes, and other essential stuff the win the war quicker. He also gave orders to free any slave they can find and to raze any of the seceded towns and cities. This forced the South into submitting to the Union. Even in the Gettysburg Lincoln says that the people who have died did not die in vain on both sides because he still wanted to force the South to come back but there was a small amount of respect Lincoln had for the seceded

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His primary goal of saving the Union was accomplished by announcing the Emancipation Proclamation, which sent a message of Northern assertiveness to the South and by winning the Civil War. By declaring that slavery was illegal in the rebelling states, he changed the purpose of fighting in the North from saving the Union to freeing the slaves thereby fulfilling his second goal, freeing the slaves in the rebelling states. Through this, he showed other countries what the South stood for and showed that the Union was now aligned with other countries when it came to slavery, which was his third goal, having the Union set an example for the rest of the world. His fourth goal, of creating unity in the Union was accomplished by using inclusive language in his speeches suggesting that people were greater than the states; therefore not allowing the states to secede. Therefore, through analyzing Lincoln’s speeches, one can him change his goals as the war

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In addition he delivered the Second Inaugural Address. President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was carried out on March 4, 1865 during his second appearing as President of the United States. A point that was stated in his address was slavery. He reminded everyone how slavery was the main point of the Civil War and he felt and proposed it insulted GOD. Another point was about the war.

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Soon after Lincoln took office as the 16th president of the United States, the country became involved in a great Civil War,Two years later the war was still raging, bringing death and destruction across our country, tearing the country apart, pitting neighbor against neighbor, and sometimes brother against brother. On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln, at the dedication of a battlefield, gave his speech known as the Gettysburg Address, using rhetorical devices and resources of language to create unity in the country and hopefully bring an end to the Civil War. One of many rhetorical devices Lincoln uses is repetition. The most common word the is the most obvious is the word “we.” Lincoln Repeats “we” to show not only to his audience at the time but for others to hear about the famous speech later in time that as people of the United States, we are one.

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President Lincoln stated that: “if I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it,..., and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do it.”. This quote clearly shows that the freedom of slaves was not his concern and unnecessary if it did not help the Union; as the result, slavery still exists if there is no war. Free slave from bondage should be a Great Emancipator’s primary goal and he will do his best to achieve it no matter what, but president Lincoln’s thought differed from that because all he cares was the Union. Although he had many times admitting himself an anti-slavery but his words and thoughts obviously prove that he is

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On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, declared the independence of the American colonies from the clutches of their British oppressors. Following the revolutionary war, the American Colonies gained their independence and began to function’s its own independent nation. It was not always easy, as revealed through the various battles fought during the civil war, but strong leadership throughout these difficult times held the new nation together and ultimately made it stronger. Sixteenth President Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address somberly reflects on the negatives effects of the civil war while proposing a solution for America’s issues of inequality. Lincoln supports his claim on reunification of the United States by employing antithesis, parallelism, and repetition with the intentions of honoring the lives of those lost in the battle at Gettysburg in order to construct the perfect union.

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and for the foundation that “all men are created equal”. It is not just about Gettysburg, Lincoln address the whole war. I believe that his speech is really not a speech, it shows more of an editorial side because an editorial is an opinion-based document. The Gettysburg address has few facts in it and is much opinion on the fight. Though it could be a letter addressing the union calling for action because there American principles are being infringed

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