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eb00kie's review
4.0
A fitting epilogue for a tainted arc in history.
Many thanks to Jeff W. McCalvin for volunteering to read the free audiobook Librivox edition, and doing it with admirable skill.
Many thanks to Jeff W. McCalvin for volunteering to read the free audiobook Librivox edition, and doing it with admirable skill.
silverthane's review
4.0
Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech on the 4th March 1865 after being re-elected as President of the United States. The war with the Southern rebels was nearly over, slavery was coming to an end and hundreds of thousands of Americans had died. In this strange atmosphere of sorrow and joy Lincoln delivered this speech.
Compared to his first inaugural address this speech was much shorter and has a more sombre note to it. Lincoln was not a man of revenge. Not on a personal level nor a national one. He had made it clear before that when the war ended vengeance on the Southern states would not be permitted. They were to be unmolested, troops permitted to keep their horses and side arms and return home to their families. Also that the Southern states would be reintegrated with full rights into the Union. He mentions this in his speech.
It is possible to see into Lincoln's mind by reading his old speeches, something I thoroughly recommend!
Compared to his first inaugural address this speech was much shorter and has a more sombre note to it. Lincoln was not a man of revenge. Not on a personal level nor a national one. He had made it clear before that when the war ended vengeance on the Southern states would not be permitted. They were to be unmolested, troops permitted to keep their horses and side arms and return home to their families. Also that the Southern states would be reintegrated with full rights into the Union. He mentions this in his speech.
It is possible to see into Lincoln's mind by reading his old speeches, something I thoroughly recommend!
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