When Abraham Lincoln was elected to the presidency for a second straight time, he discussed several important issues in his inaugural address. He begins by stating that the second inaugural address is clearly less important than the first one. Then he goes on to say that he has high hopes for the future of the Civil War. He states that the war was caused more because of sectional rivalries and the fact that some people wanted to preserve the union, but others did not care. He realizes, however, that these sectional rivalries were caused by the issue of slavery in the states and disagreements over it. Also, this civil war lasted much longer than it was expected to. The war was also not fought for intelligent or legitimate reasons, for each side had very similar people and principles (except for one major difference). Then he says that it is important that the war be over soon for the sake of everybody. Finally, he delivers a statement to encourage people not to drop the war effort and to help get this over and won as soon as possible.
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