This is for "Abraham Lincoln on Ending of Slavery"

           1.What is Lincoln's main goal in the Civil War?

           

           2.How does Lincoln describes his official stance toward slavery?

 

3.Why would Lincoln close with a statement about his "personal wish" that slavery end?

Was he telegraphing proclamation or just deflecting potential criticism?

Abraham Lincoln's chief goal in the American Civil War was to preserve the Union. At the outset of the war, he would have done so at any cost, including by allowing slavery to continue. In his view, the Union was worth saving not only for its own sake but because it embodied an ideal, the ideal of self-government.

Abraham does so by making it clear in his 1961 inaugural address, that he had no purpose, either directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery, as it existed in whichever the part of the United States. He believed that he actually did not have the right to nor was he inclined to do so. This is probably the reason he left the southern states, most of them that were not admitted to the Union, do decide about slavery on their own; whether to join the Union as free or slave states.

Lincoln was only expressing his criticism of the institution of slavery, since he had made it clear that he had no right, as person and president, to abolish or proclaim the ending of slavery. He only wished that the states that still supported the institution would come to an understanding of how inhumane the institution was, and probably let go of the slaves. This, he believed, would be a step forward in enhancing the progress of the United States.