Abraham Lincoln Second American Revolution Analysis

The societies today and the country whole, would not be like the way it is today if it wasn 't for our great leader stepping up as the leader he is today when America is in this time of need. Abraham Lincoln was not only our 16th president but also our father in freedom. The book Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution by James M. McPherson will tell you how America had its role in the revolution to freedom. At this point in America, a lot of recessions have occurred in the country and they know that war is coming and it would either destroy or unite a nation that once existed. First, a leader must need to lead into war with a goal set for success, peace, and freedom. That leader was Abraham Lincoln who wanted to unite America and stop all the hatred that was destroying the nation, separating it more and more, only with, “the spirit of compromise and of mutual concession” could this happen (McPherson 23). Abraham Lincoln being the leader of The Union wanted the …show more content…
Through the tough times that our nation faced, President Lincoln, “did want a soft peace, he had recognized long before 1865 that it could be achieved only by a hard war” (McPherson 65). He did the best as we read, but only by war could he ensure a better future for the country as mentioned in the text, that the republican war was needed so that slavery could be abolished. Other than war, a great speech encrypted in stone was given in order to report to the nation how peace was full been restored. The only person to qualify for that position would be Abraham Lincoln since, “ Jefferson Davis- and probably could not- write anything like the Gettysburg Address, or like anything else in the way of images and metaphors”(McPherson 112). Here, written how President Lincoln knew exactly how to end this war. Therefore, peace was discovered in the country also how he intended the war to end with the Gettysburg