LAD #15

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address:
When Lincoln addressed the nation for a second time, he recognized his audience was a changed audience. He was addressing a torn nation. Upon his first address was the impending feeling of war. Lincoln summarized this as neither partying wanting the war, but one willing to accept it so that the union will not dissolve and one willing to accept it so that they may get their wishes. Following this lamentation, Lincoln addresses the main issue of the war- in his eyes- slavery. Since one eighth of the nation was colored slaves, this portion of the population was bound to have an influence on our nation. While issues have not been fully resolved, they are currently in the process and as such they will continue to move forward. Overall it appears that Lincoln's main goal is to try and fix the torn nation, holding together the remaining uniting threads. Lincoln recognizes that after this war, it will take time to return to the unified state it was once upon a time.