"Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first
Then a statement, somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and
proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have
been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still
absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new
could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is
as well known to the public as to myself, and it is. I trust, reasonably satisfactory and
encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is
ventured
In the First Inaugural Address he asks the nation to try to heal itself, and in
the Second Inaugural Address he asks the nation to pursue a path to
negotiati
In the First Inaugural Address he proposes a plan for the nation, and in the
Second Inaugural Address he references the progress of war in the nation.
In the First Inaugural Address he calls upon the people to save the Union and
in the Second Inaugural Address he requests funding to continue the war.
d on In the First Inaugural Address he addresses the expansion of American
slavery, and in the Second Inaugural Address he requests action against
Insurgents