Question

Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, Presiden

t of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do on this first day of January, . . .
How does Lincoln use ethos in this excerpt?

Answer 1

Ethos is persuasion by character.

In the excerpt Lincoln describes his role as President of the US and commander of the Army and Navy in times of rebellion.

By doing so he establishes that he is credible due to his place as President because being President entails that he was elected to have power and responsibility