He began writing his speech in January 1861. To help write his speech he used 4 historical documents that focused on state rights. The documents helped him because he was worried about losing support in the north and trying hard not to lose people in the south even though they hated him. Lincoln wanted slavery to go away but the south tried hard to make that not happen. When he finished writing his …show more content…
army. It was a cold day and everybody was crowded around. Historian James G. Randall attended the speech and he wrote “the early morning was chill and cloudy with a sharp northwest wind which swirled clouds of dust through the streets, but noon brought a calm and sunny day.” (page 6 Abraham Lincoln's