A first book in American history with European beginnings . might come into the Union. The South, onthe other hand, saw no harm in holding slaves and wantedslavery spread into Americas western lands. At last,through this struggle for the control of the new states, theSouth came to believe that the North meant to crushslavery even in those of the original thirteen states whichstill favored it. This was not true. And time and again Mr. Lincolnand the Republican party which elected him stated thattheir great desire and firm purpose was to shut slaveryfrom the new states, not to interfere with it
A first book in American history with European beginnings . might come into the Union. The South, onthe other hand, saw no harm in holding slaves and wantedslavery spread into Americas western lands. At last,through this struggle for the control of the new states, theSouth came to believe that the North meant to crushslavery even in those of the original thirteen states whichstill favored it. This was not true. And time and again Mr. Lincolnand the Republican party which elected him stated thattheir great desire and firm purpose was to shut slaveryfrom the new states, not to interfere with it in the South. Still the South persisted in believing that their theorywas right. And the very month after Lincolns election, 338 LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR South Carolina withdrew from the Union. By the 1st ofFebruary six other slave states had followed South Caro-linas example, and before many days these seven hadformed a government of their own and named themselves,The Confederate States of America. The six states to follow South Carolina from the Union. The Inauguration of Lincoln. were Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,and Texas. A few months later Arkansas, North Carolina,Virginia, and Tennessee joined the Confederate States andraised their new flag in place of the stars and stripes. No sooner had the seven southern states declaredthemselves out of the Union than they began to seize uponthe United States forts and arsenals within their limits. 339 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY This was the state of affairs when Abraham Lincoln leftSpringfield and journeyed to Washington, where he wasinaugurated on the 4th of March, 1861. The new President fully realized the gravity of theresponsibility which had fallen upon him. In his inau-gural address he went over the situation. But while hedenied the right of the southern states to secede from theUnion and vowed to do all in his power to preserve, pro-
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