Lincoln, inaugurated as the sixteenth President of…
March 1861 CE
Lincoln, inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the U. S. in Washington, D.C. on March 4, makes a conciliatory speech, “I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists,” but insists, “We cannot separate.”
The Northern states of the federal Union command more than twice the population of the Confederacy and hold even greater advantages in manufacturing and transportation capacity.
Having proclaimed the Union indissoluble, Lincoln threatens to preserve it by force.