Chicago Research Paper

Abraham Lincoln

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the Abraham Lincoln's influence on the civil war in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “influence of Abraham Lincoln's words and actions on the civil war” and its relation with “moral/political argument for secession”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Abraham Lincoln's actions and words” and tries to gauge its effect on “execution of civil war”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “execution of civil war” and tries to describe the overall effect of “Abraham Lincoln's words and actions” on “the execution of civil war”.

Research statement

Abraham Lincoln morally influenced the execution of civil war with his actions and thoughts according to a standard that superseded the moral/political argument for secession.

Introduction

Abraham Lincoln the sixteenth president of the United States of America was born on 12th February 1809 and he was assassinated on 15th April 1865. As a president of the greatest nation of the world united states of America, he experienced great military, constitutional and moral crisis in the form of civil war- Preserving the union while promoting economic modernization and ending slavery. His family background wasn't quite ordinary, and he was mostly self-educated. He was a loving, though often busy and absent husband and a father of four children. He earned a law degree and became a country lawyer, a one term member of the U.S House of Representatives and an Illinois state legislator but could not succeed in his two attempts to secure a seat in the united state senate.

Abraham Lincoln's contribution to political theory may be analyzed in terms of the theoretical, practical, and historical implications of his thought and leadership. Theoretically, his speeches and writings provide one of the greatest moral justifications of democracy ever given to the world. Practically, his actions provide a model of prudent statesman-ship that is, the ability to apply moral principles correctly under the legal, social, and political circumstances of the time. Historically, he is at the center of America's national myth, the sustaining narrative that defines us as a common people based not on blood, but on fidelity to the principles of the Declaration. As the embodiment of the American experiment, Lincoln has represented the following things to the American people: the great emancipator, the savior of the Union, man of the people, , and the self-made man.

Although he was not a political theorist person, Lincoln articulated some of the most profound and enduring insights about the nature of equality, liberty, democracy, constitutionalism, and the meaning and destiny of the American experiment in self-government. His Gettysburg Address, which distilled the essence of the American creed, famously defines democracy as a form of government “of the people, by the people, for the people.”

Discussion

Lincoln probed the moral foundations of democracy to vindicate the American regime from the hypocrisy of slavery. He was compelled to provide a coherent understanding of democracy and its core principle of equal consent in response to the twin threats of slavery and ...