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It was a speech that would advise both the South and the North that he wasn't on either side, but he saw both their point of views. When giving his address he was very careful as to no state something that would cause more ambiguity. In order for him to preserve his beloved Union, he needed the support from both sides, slavery being their main issue for the confederates and the unionists. Lincoln's main issue was to preserve the Union, not slavery, in one of his speeches he state that if he needed to free all the slaves he would do it, if he needed to free some slaves but not others he would do it, and if he had to maintain slavery he would do it, in order to "preserve the union."

repeated his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already existed.

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