Abraham lincolns second inaugural address wikisource. In this lesson students will analyze lincolns second inaugural address and his. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. At a time when victory over secessionists in the american civil war was within days and slavery in all of the u. Lincolns second inaugural address, 1865 scholastic. Second inaugural address 1865 ut college of liberal arts. Senator mathias, chief justice burger, vice president bush, speaker oneill. At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there. The inauguration took place on a stormy day near the end of a war in which over 600,000 soldiers, from north and south, lost their lives. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. On march 4, 1865, in his second inaugural address, president abraham lincoln spoke of mutual forgiveness, north and south, asserting that the true mettle of a nation lies in its capacity for charity. Transcript of president abraham lincoln s second inaugural address 1865 fellow countrymen at this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first.
More connotatively, it refers to any cause of suffering. Thousands of spectators stood in thick mud at the capitol grounds to hear the president. President abraham lincoln approached his second inauguration and address with a very different. Lincolns second inaugural address ut college of liberal arts. Second inaugural address full text text of lincolns. President abraham lincolns second inaugural address 1865. Abraham lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on march 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as president of the united states. Dimensions of temporality in lincolns second inaugural pdf. As he stood on the east portico to take the executive. At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await. Second inaugural address of the late president lincoln. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have.
Second inaugural address of abraham lincoln saturday, march 4, 1865 fellowcountrymen. As the nation braced itself for the final throes of the civil war, thousands of spectators gathered on a muddy pennsylvania. On march 4, 1865, only 41 days before his assassination, president abraham lincoln took his second oath of office. At his second inauguration in 1865, president lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in american presidential history. Abraham lincoln, second inaugural address 4 march 1865 lincoln delivered this address to a throng of thirty or forty thousand people, many of them african americans, gathered around the capitol. Some see this speech as a defense of his pragmatic approach to. At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is. Selected speeches by abraham lincoln the source of this small sample of speeches is the collected works of abraham lincoln, edited by roy p. His speech can be found inscribed on the north chamber wall of the lincoln memorial. Meditation on the divine will to better understand why lincoln thought. At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended. Bookprinted material second inaugural address of the late president lincoln.
The first half of 1864, the last year of president abraham lincolns first term, was a. Lincolns second inaugural address the civil war pbs. At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Transcript of president abraham lincolns second inaugural. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the. At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Documents housed on other web sites are noted as such. Abraham lincolns second inaugural address wikipedia. Read full text and annotations on second inaugural address text of lincoln s speech at owl eyes. Abraham lincoln s second inaugural address march 4, 1865 fellow countrymen. Lincoln refers to the theme of his first inaugural address and how his second shall differ.