He was 100% successful in accomplishing this. Right in the second paragraph things take a sharp turn for the worse, “One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part o fit. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. “ He began talking about war, god, and death all so soon. Granted this was a required inaugural address, Lincoln made it about the slaves and the war. His main point was that slaves were the central cause of the Civil War, and he ended with the we just need to be kind to one another, "with malice toward none, with charity for all.” This is mainly a pathos focused document. He most likely used this argument because he had the power to get people to listen. This is a very effective way to get your point across to a large scale of
He was 100% successful in accomplishing this. Right in the second paragraph things take a sharp turn for the worse, “One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part o fit. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. “ He began talking about war, god, and death all so soon. Granted this was a required inaugural address, Lincoln made it about the slaves and the war. His main point was that slaves were the central cause of the Civil War, and he ended with the we just need to be kind to one another, "with malice toward none, with charity for all.” This is mainly a pathos focused document. He most likely used this argument because he had the power to get people to listen. This is a very effective way to get your point across to a large scale of