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Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address

 What does Lincoln have to say about the expansion of slavery beyond its current
boundaries?
 Lincoln’s first inaugural address has often been noted for its conciliatory approach to the
South.  In what ways does Lincoln attempt to soothe the fears of southerners? Conversely, in
what ways does he state that he will remain firm on his principals regardless of whom he
offends?

The document I decided to interpret is the “Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address”


which was his interpretation of the law on March 4, 1861. He was trying to see if somehow there
would be a possibility of growth or expansion in the borders of slavery. Lincoln goes off by
trying to clarify in the united states constitution how the central government can just take a
position over laws and bills. He also introduces to congress a means of regular law to the very
bothered southern constituents, letting them know he would consider any state amendment.
Lincoln then continues to say that the laws that are in place will be enforced through the land by
noting and referring to the judicial system. “That gave slaveholders unanimous control over
slaves as property regardless of what part of the country those owners resided in” (OpenStax
14.3).

Plainly Lincoln is giving the states the option to keep slaves yet is doing as such on the
grounds of the legitimate implies that as of now exist in the constitution. Franklin's legal
interpretations are described in the text as mentioned by saying, "efforts to nationalize slavery:
that is, to make it legal everywhere from New England to the Midwest and beyond" (OpenStax
14.3). I think to make sure the states are happy, which I believe for every slave that had escaped
to be returned to its proper owner, he referred to Fugitive Act. “The fugitive- slave clause of
the Constitution and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade are each as well
enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people
imperfectly supports the law itself” (First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln). Lincoln then
goes off by mentioning abused residents, he utilizes the laws written in the constitution a
negotiation tactic. Then he attempts to some how relieve the tension within the community of
southerners, how? Well he goes off by explaining the laws they give their military force
permission to enforce their property rights! Lincoln's location has an unmistakable rational to
deescalate the nation's fast approaching access to a common war. Even though his personal
beliefs are visible, when he refers to the desires of the northern states, which echo his own, he
takes the burden of decision off of himself by appealing to the Christian values. He states, "If the
Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on
yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great
tribunal of the American people" (First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln). Lincoln does
the right thing by not judging a book by its cover but allowing God to take place. Then he goes
off by explaining how much easier it might be to enforce the laws with comrades, he doesn’t try
to argue with but more so be a servant. To able to uphold the laws in the south and by doing so
the unity of the constitution is held and protect those enemy states.

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