Excerpt from Lincoln's Inaugurals, the Emancipation Proclamation, Etc: First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861

I now reiterate these sentiments; and m doing so I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the now incoming administration.

I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given, will be cheerfully given to all the states when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause, as cheerfully to one section as to another.

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