Question

Think about the meaning of the word perpetuity. How did Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln differ in their belief or understanding of the principle of perpetuity?

Answer 1

Both Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln understood perpetuity to mean “forever,” but they disagreed over the specifics of what entity was to remain forever. Davis spoke of perpetuity in terms of permanent existence of the Confederacy. Lincoln insisted that perpetuity was “implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments” as he argued for the permanent existence of the Union.

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Answer 2

Answer: In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. Though he was not the featured orator that day, Lincoln's 273-word address would be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history. In it, he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for a new birth of freedom, as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and it's ideal of self-government.

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