LAD #19

Lincoln opens his second inaugural address by stating that there is little news to present to the nation. He talks of the matter of the impending Civil War that was nothing but a distant thought when he read the speech for his first inaugural address and promised to preserve the union at all costs. War, as Lincoln reminds his audience and his nation, was inevitable and started the great dispute between the North and the South. Lincoln addresses how slavery was no doubt the cause of the war. He states how both sides underestimated the power of the war and the destruction it brought to both sides. He assures his audience that God has a plan to help bring fortune to those who suffered beneath the chains of slavery while the nation pressed forward. Lincoln concludes his speech by stating how we must band together and help heal this wounded nation for the good of all.