LAD # 14

Abraham Lincoln address several matters in his inaugural address. He start es out by saying how the south seems to be worried that with a republican norther president that their wealth and property will be taken away, he assures them that they will of coarse not be. The next huge aspect that he briefly touches on is the slavery issue, he states that he has not affiliation with either side because it is unlawful for him to pick a side and so he will not. Lincoln goes on to say how he will not infringe upon the states rights or the ways in which they run their own business unless he sees it as a direct attack upon the Constitution itself, then and only then would he use force. He addresses next the issue of returning slaves to their masters after they have escaped to the north, he reads directly out of the constitution to solve that problem. Lincoln states that even though the constitution is a legally binding paper in order to form a more perfect union all parties must still agree on issues. He says that he has no problem to the Corwin amendment which protected slavery in the states that already existed. Lincoln ends his address very sweetly with, "we are not enemies, bur friends. We must not be enemies. Through passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." If I had heard this speech i would feel very emporwerd tworads a more perfect union!