. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . to discern theopening political currents of the new adminis-tration, but none touched or approached thisparticular subject. The aspirations of YoungAmerica were not toward a conquest of theNorth, but the enlargement of the South. Afreshening breeze filled the sails of annexa-tion and manifest destiny. In bold wordsthe President said : The policy of my admin-istration will not be controlled by any timidforebodings of evil from expansion. Indeed,it is not to be disguised that our attitude asa nation and our position on the globe ren-der the ac
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . to discern theopening political currents of the new adminis-tration, but none touched or approached thisparticular subject. The aspirations of YoungAmerica were not toward a conquest of theNorth, but the enlargement of the South. Afreshening breeze filled the sails of annexa-tion and manifest destiny. In bold wordsthe President said : The policy of my admin-istration will not be controlled by any timidforebodings of evil from expansion. Indeed,it is not to be disguised that our attitude asa nation and our position on the globe ren-der the acquisition of certain possessions notwithin our jurisdiction eminently important forour protection, if not in the future essentialfor the preservation of the rights of commerceand the peace of the world. t Reaching theslavery question, he expressed unboundeddevotion to the Union, and declared slaveryrecognized by the Constitution, and his pur-pose to enforce the compromise measures of t Pierce, Inaugural Address, March 4, 1853. 69S ABRAHAM WILLIAM AIKEN. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY BRADY.) 1850; adding, I fervently trust that thequestion is at rest, and that no sectional orambitious or fanatical excitement may againthreaten the durability of our institutions, orobscure the light of our prosperity. When Congress met again in the follow-ing December (1853), the annual message ofPresident Pierce was, upon this subject, but anecho of his inaugural, as his inaugural hadbeen but an echo of the two party platforms of1852. Affirming that the compromise meas-ures of 1850 had given repose to the country,he declared, That this repose is to suffer noshock during my official term, if I have thepower to avert it, those who placed me heremay be assured. In this spirit, undoubtedly,the Democratic party and the South began theion of 1853-4; but unfortunately it was veryabandoned. The people of the Missouriand Iowa border were becoming every day moreimpatient to enter upon an authorized occupan- y
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