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
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