Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president, swore into office on March 4, 1861. Lincoln begins by discussing the issue of slavery and the southern states. Lincoln did not want any states to secede so he reassured them that though he is a republican he has no interest in taking away their slaves and he wants to keep peace. He also assured that slaves who escaped from a slave state to a free state would still not be considered free. Then, Lincoln goes on to state that the country is not allowed to be broken apart for the Constitution binds the states together. So, if any state wanted to secede then all the states would have to agree. Overall, his speech is a message on how he would do anything to keep the country unified.
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