. Anecdotal Lincoln : speeches, stories and yarns of the "Immortal Abe" .... second appearing totake the oath of the Presidential office, there is lessoccasion for an extended address than there was at thefirst. Then, a statement somewhat in detail of a courseto be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now,at the expiration of four years, during which publicdeclarations have been constantly called forth on everypoint and phase of the great contest which still absorbsthe attention and engrosses the energies of the nation,little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon wh
. Anecdotal Lincoln : speeches, stories and yarns of the "Immortal Abe" .... second appearing totake the oath of the Presidential office, there is lessoccasion for an extended address than there was at thefirst. Then, a statement somewhat in detail of a courseto be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now,at the expiration of four years, during which publicdeclarations have been constantly called forth on everypoint and phase of the great contest which still absorbsthe attention and engrosses the energies of the nation,little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all elsechiefly depends, is as well known to the public as tomyself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory andencouraging to all. With high hope for the future, noprediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four yearsago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impend-ing civil war. All dreaded it; all sought to avoid the inaugural address was being delivered fromthis place, devoted altogether to save the Union with-. SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. LINCOLNS GREAT SPEECHES. 461 out war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking todestroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Unionand divide the effects by negotiation. Both partiesdeprecated war; but one of them would make warrather than let the nation survive, and the other wouldaccept war rather than let it perish; and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were coloredslaves, not distributed generally over the Union, butlocalized in the southern part of it. These slaves con-stituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knewthat this interest was somehow the cause of the strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest,was the object for which the insurgents would rend theUnion even by war, while the Government claimed noright to do more than to restrict the territorial enlarge-ment of it. • Neither party expected for the war the magni
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