Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States addresses the nation on the date of March 4th 1865, in order to address the Civil War. He responds the war crisis by stating, and calling out that the slaves needed to be free before the civil war occurred. the war not only caused a split in unity between the states, and citizens of the U.S., but was a punishment delivered by God because of the treatment to the slaves. Abraham is able to get his argument across successfully through the use of juxtapositions and antithesis, allusions, and the use of pronouns at the end of the speech, to create a sense of unity within the country. President Abraham Lincoln does not only address the effects, and problems with the civil war, but also what encouraged
