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Abraham Lincoln

Jefferson Davis

 

The professor is discussing the Civil War. Last time we outlined how the Civil War finally got started. I want to talk today about the political management of the war on both sides, the north under Abraham Lincoln, and the south under Jefferson Davis. An important task for both of these presidents was to justify for their citizens just why the war was necessary. In 1861, on July 4th, Lincoln gave his first major speech in which he presented the northern reasons for the war. It was, he said, to preserve democracy. Lincoln suggested that this war was a noble crusade that would determine the future of democracy throughout the world. For him, the issue was whether or not this government of the people, by the people could maintain its integrity, could it remain complete and survive its domestic foes?
上次我们概括了内战是怎么打起来的。今天我想说说双方战时的政治状况。北南两方分别是由亚博拉汗.林肯和杰弗逊.戴维斯领导的。对于这两位总统来说，首要任务是怎样向民众表明其发动战争的合法性。在1861年7月4日，林肯发表了第一份重要公告，宣布北方开战的理由是为了保卫民主。林肯说这场战争是一个为了维护正义的高尚战役，它将会决定未来世界的民主进程。对他来说，这是一个人民政府能不能保持它的诚信，能不能保持完整并在内乱中存活下去的问题。