Persuasive Letter To Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, a time where the U.S was in a dire situation pertaining to slavery and its problematic ways in terms of ethics. Many Southern States decided to take matters into their own hands and secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America, rightly fearing that the Republican Party will harm their booming agricultural economy with the end of slavery. President Lincoln dedicated his first inauguration address to implore citizens that these problems could be fixed without the impending doom in form of the Civil War. In essence, President Lincoln was attempting to persuade everyone to keep the Union preserved. President Lincoln already knew that the south is apprehensive

Although there was controversy from the North on whether the Fugitive Slave Act should be enforced, Lincoln notes that he will uphold the Constitution and preserve the laws of the United States.
Then President Lincoln goes on explaining to the South that secession would not be tolerated and that any disruption of the Federal Union will have definite consequences and make the country less perfect. Therefore, the Union must stay perpetual. Lincoln continuous by saying that no State is allowed to get out of the Union, because it is a violation to the constitution and that the North will not allow the South to abuse the constitution by seceding from the United States.
President Lincoln then started address the argument of slavery in territories that are yet to be States. Where Slave States are concerned about whether the territories are going to be free, fearing that when the day comes and the territories become free states, those states will vote against slavery in Congress and end slavery by law. Lincoln asserted that the Constitution does not answer what to do about slavery in the territories. Lincoln suggests the Southern and the Northern States that are still in the Union should come together where it is easier to create laws