LAD 12- Lincoln's First Inaugural

Lincoln's First Inaugural

Lincoln's first inaugural touched on many important points which ended up leading to his stance through the first term. He showed huge support for the fugitive slave law and therefore took a strong stance to leave "the institution of slavery" in places where it was. He then swore to preserve the union and in doing so defend the constitution of the United States. Along with this he made the statement that he would not invade the South unless they infringed on his duty to uphold the union. What this address mostly came down to was the issues of Slavery. Lincoln was fine with the Corwin Amendment although he thought it was merely restating what is said in the Constitution, which, as he said, is the highest law of the land. It was also made clear to the people that nothing in the Constitution has any bearing on what states can or can not be slave states. Therefore Lincoln was fine with slavery existing and in that sence would not fight it.