With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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A fragment of President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address is attached to this speech intended for Kentuckians, indicating that it was prepared prior to his journey from Springfield to Washington. The assumption is that Lincoln either planned to receive a delegation from Kentucky during his stop in Cincinnati, or to make a quick excursion into his home state to deliver the speech. The speech itself confirms Lincoln’s belief that there was nothing he could say to appease the South without betraying the principles upon which he had been elected.

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Who amongst you would not die by the proposition, that your candidate, being elected, should be inaugerated, solely on the conditions of the constitution, and laws ...


<p>A fragment of President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address is attached to this speech intended for Kentuckians, indicating that it was prepared prior to his journey from Springfield to Washington. The assumption is that Lincoln either planned to receive a delegation from Kentucky during his stop in Cincinnati, or to make a quick excursion into his home state to deliver the speech. The speech itself confirms Lincoln’s belief that there was nothing he could say to appease the South without betraying the principles upon which he had been elected.</p>