With malice toward none with charity toward all. Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989 2019-01-06
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The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. Some see this speech as a defense of his pragmatic approach to , in which he sought to avoid harsh treatment of the defeated South by reminding his listeners of how wrong both sides had been in imagining what lay before them when the war began four years earlier. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. That of neither has been answered fully. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
It furnished food and clothing to freed slaves and poor whites and helped them get jobs. Lincoln balanced that rejection of triumphalism, however, with recognition of the unmistakable evil of slavery. The Almighty has His own purposes. Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural address 1865, Saturday, March 4, 1865 Context Weeks of wet weather preceding Lincoln's second inauguration had caused Pennsylvania Avenue to become a sea of mud and standing water. Lincoln's point seems to be that God's purposes are not directly knowable to humans, and represents a theme that he had expressed earlier. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other.
Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989
While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to 'saving' the Union without war, urgent agents were in the city seeking to 'destroy' it without war--seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. That was the last time I saw him to speak with him. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.
Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989
Neither anticipated that the 'cause' of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Lincoln suggests that the death and destruction wrought by the war was divine retribution to the U. That of neither has been answered fully. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. I believe it is not immediately popular.
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. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. Source: , edited by Roy P. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Fellow-Countrymen: A T this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first.
One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. Lincoln's sense that the divine will was unknowable stood in marked contrast to sentiments popular at the time. In July of 1863, General Lee led his troops north, with the goal of taking control of many northern towns. Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural.
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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. Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Had the Union not won this battle, the Confederacy could have possibly continued on to take control of the nation's capital, making the whole country vulnerable. In less than half a minute I was invited into the East Room of the White House. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
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With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. All dreaded it--all sought to avert it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest.
He wondered what 's will might have been in allowing the war to come, and why it had assumed the terrible dimensions it had taken. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. March 4, 1865 This theologically intense speech has been widely acknowledged as one of the most remarkable documents in American history. Check out our other writing samples, like our resources on , ,. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all.
