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The words used by Lincoln to conclude his Second Inaugural Address on March 4,1865:
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With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish as just, and a lasting piece, among ourselves, and with all nations.
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admirably expressed his thought in merit.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoHe didn't want to punish them, like a lot of people did. He wanted them back in the union. He told his cabinet members the story of the prodigals son to express this. (That was The Bible story of the man who disobeyed his father, ran away, came back and the father threw him a party and welcomed him instead of scolding him.)
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∙ 13y agoWith leniency and tolerance.
"Let 'em up easy" he is supposed to have said.
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∙ 16y agoHe treated his men nicely
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Did Lincoln want a civil war?
no
Who is Lincoln saying are the aggressors?
If you mean during the Civil War, he claimed that the South was the aggressor. He didn't want to be the one to start the war.
Did Abraham Lincoln want the south or the north to win the civil war?
Mr. Lincoln was a big fan of the North so he definitely wanted them to win.
Lincoln was fighting in the civil war to reunite what?
The north and south
What was president Lincoln plans after the civil war?
To rebuild the South
What were Lincoln's intentions toward the South after the war ended?
help the south out after an defeat in the civil war
Was Abaham Lincoln part of the noth or south in the civil war?
The North.
What did Lincoln want to do initially after the break out of the civil war?
Nothing
Why didn't Lincoln want to punish the confederacy?
in civil war
Did president Lincoln want a civil war?
Abraham Lincoln did not want a Civil War, but knew it was going to happen sooner or later. He decided that it needed to happen in order to unite this country.
How did Lincoln view the south after the Civil War ended?
He wanted to bring the south back into the Union.
Why did John Wilkes Booth really want to kill Abraham Lincoln?
Booth blamed the president for the Civil War and all of the South's problems.
