A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . dangerous was the situation thaiit was not deemed safe for him totravel openly to the capital, and hemade a secret night journey throughMaryland, a State which, holdingslaves, had many sympathizers withthe Confederacy. The Presidents Policy.—In hisinaugural address the new Presidentindicated clearly his proposed policy. I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, he said, to in-terfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809, but resided dur-ing most of
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . dangerous was the situation thaiit was not deemed safe for him totravel openly to the capital, and hemade a secret night journey throughMaryland, a State which, holdingslaves, had many sympathizers withthe Confederacy. The Presidents Policy.—In hisinaugural address the new Presidentindicated clearly his proposed policy. I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, he said, to in-terfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809, but resided dur-ing most of his life in Illinois. His parents were very poor and hiseducation was meagre. He worked at boating, store-keeping, survey-ing, and other avocations, diligently studying at every opportunity, andfinally studied law in his spare hours, and gained admission to the a lawyer he rose to distinction. Entering early into politics, he be-came a member of the Illinois legislature at twenty-five, and in 1846was elected to Congress, where he served one term. His fame as a348. Abraham Lincoln. LINCOLNS ADMINISTRATION. 349 exists. I believe I have no lawful rig-lit to do so, and Ihave no inclination to do so. But he declared also thatit was his purpose to preserve, protect, and defend theUnion of the States. He did not propose to begin war,but he did propose to retake the forts and other nationalproperty which the Confederacy had seized. Lincoln Takes Action.—To avoid war, in the temper ofthe South, was impossible. No inclination was shown toyield the national property, and the preparations to attackFort Sumter continued. For a month Lincoln remainedsilent. Run down by office-seekers, and perhaps in hopethat the hostile attitude of the South would weaken, hewaited and studied the situation. On April 8 he governor of South Carolina was notified that men andprovisions would be sent immediately to Fort Sumter. The Assault on Fort Sumter.—On hearing this, Jeffer-son Davis,
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