
Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis
Lectures in History
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Lincoln's First Inaugural Address Is Going to Lay Out His Constitutional Vision for This Particular Moment
Lincoln's first inaugural address lays out his constitutional vision for this particular moment. He says he has no stitutional ability to interfere with slavery as it exists in the states. The union is intended to last forever, that it is not meant to be broken up,. unlike buchanan says he is going to enforce the law.
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