…with malice toward none; with charity for all;
with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see
the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are
in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him
who shall have borne the battle, and for his
widow, and his orphan—to do all which may
achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace,
among ourselves, and with all nations.
— president abraham lincoln, 1865
this statement by president lincoln contributed
to disagreements over the
(1) continuation of a military draft
(2) provision of free land to settlers
(3) negotiations with foreign nations after the
civil war
(4) treatment of the former confederate states
and their leaders