LAD #15 Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

As Abraham Lincoln entered his second term he addressed the public for a second time. He said that it was unnecessary to make a lengthy address like his first one. The issue he addresses in this speech was the civil war. Lincoln remembered how during his first address he was all about preserving the union, yet the civil war was bound to happen. The south wanted to secede and the north would not allow them to. Lincoln says that no one thought that the war would last as long as it has. He then reminds the citizens that they are more alike then they think because they both pray to the same God. Lincoln closes his speech by stating that the nation would be stronger as it comes out of the war and he hopes the nation would eventually reach peaceful relations.