Compare And Contrast Gettysburg Address And Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

“Abraham Lincoln is credited with coining the term "Michigander." In a speech before the House of Representatives on July 27, 1848, Lincoln referred to former Michigan governor and Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass as "the great Michigander." The reference was meant as an insult, combining the word Michigan with gander” (Mlive, “All About Lincoln”). Even though “Michigander” is an insult it took an opinion and Lincoln’s attitude to form. In “The Gettysburg Address” and “Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address” president Abraham Lincoln expresses his belief that soldiers’ sacrifices for our freedom and democracy should be remembered. Lincoln’s choice of diction, tone, and syntax proves his attitude. To begin with, Lincoln’s choice of

However that built to, “God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”[E:Quote] Some people may misunderstand his words and think his tone stays flat throughout the speech. That is completely wrong because the amount of powerful words from the beginning to end increases steadily. Such as “died” in the beginning to “perish” at the end (Lincoln, “Gettysburg Address”). [D:Refute] Along with examples in “The Gettysburg Address” there were prolific examples in “Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.” Such as, “One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it.”[E:Quote] If Lincoln what have opened the statement with a qualitative term such as most or many, then Lincoln’s tone would have been hidden by a tasteless descriptive word.[D:If/Then] Additionally, Lincoln goes on to say, “Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.” Lincoln conveys an image that as fast as war begins it should recede away, however Lincoln does not want the nation

Second Lincoln uses dashes to emphasize his message.[D:Paraphase] “For which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…”(Lincoln, “Gettysburg Address”). [E:Quote] Furthermore, if Lincoln would have not used the dash then the overall flow and hard hitting lines of his speech would have little to no effect on the audience.[D:If/Then] In the “Second Inaugural Address” Lincoln uses syntax in the same way as in the “Gettysburg Address” Such as, “To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.”[E:Quote] That type of sentence is labyrinthian which means that the sentence is comprised of twenty-one or more words.[D:Define] These long sentences again help build Lincoln’s attitude as already stated. Syntax and stop variety build Lincoln’s