1. Comparing the Inaugural Addresses of Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis
Going Separate Ways

2. Inaugural Address of Jefferson Davis February 18, 1861

3. Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address March 4, 1861

4. Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Equality
“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists”

5. Inaugural Address of Jefferson Davis Liberty/Equality
Much like the colonies did against Great Britain, it is the “right of the people to alter or abolish the government” whenever they become “destructive to the ends for which they were established”
•We have endeavored to secure tranquility and obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled.”

6. Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Union
“ The union of these states is perpetual” (permanent)
Slavery is the only substantial dispute.”
“Physically speaking we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other.”

7. Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Union
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.”
“Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”

8. Inaugural Address of Jefferson Davis Union
“Breaking from the Union was a necessity, not a choice” and a reunion with the States is neither practicable nor desirable.”