Lincoln's Inaugural Address Thesis

Abraham Lincoln’s position on significant and important topics during the time of this inaugural speech he presented on slavery, the Constitution, and of course the Union was seemingly trying to please all the states possibly in an effort to avoid war, violence, and the unitedness of states. Lincoln’s opinion on slavery is he believes that whether or not a state wanted to be either a slave state or a free state is up to the state itself rather than put into the hands of the federal government. In his speech Lincoln states, “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.”(First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln)This quote shows that Lincoln doesn’t see a reason to implement/choose

The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress protect slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say.” This ties in with slavery because although the Constitution implicitly mentions the policies of slavery and what to do if a slave ever escaped to a free state along with other factors it’s never explicitly mentioned and can be argued for or against slavery. Last but not least regarding his views on the Union, Lincoln wanted America to remain as a Union and not separate or break down because of the disagreement about the topic of slavery, which was kind of the North and the South, quotes such as, “I hold that in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual” and “Descending from these general principles, we find the proposition that in legal contemplation the Union is perpetual confirmed by the history of the Union itself. (First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln)”Both of these quotes further show that Lincoln was quite flexible and mature when it came to disagreements and issues among States and also that Lincoln was trying to keep the North and the South from being enemies but also they don’t HAVE to be