LAD #14 Lincoln's Second Inaugural

In the beginning of Lincoln's second inaugural address, he states that the state of the union is not as complicated as four years before since the south left and as a result his address will be shorter in length. Next, Lincoln states that the civil war is a result of the south fighting to destroy the union while the north is going through great troubles to preserve it. Lincoln next addresses the issue of slavery which he feels is the center of the conflict between north and south. Furthermore, Lincoln defends his and his parties actions of not allowing slavery in new areas but not creating any laws which would conflict slavery in already slave states. Lincoln goes on to state that he doesn't understand southern soldiers praying for God to help them when they're fighting to profit from slavery. Lincoln closes his address by thanking the Northern people for all they've done in the civil war and to keep on fighting and finish up the civil war. Furthermore he states to help care for families who have lost members in the war.