The Federalists papers were a series of essays in order to argue for a United States constitution. All 85 essays were written to “Create a More Perfect Union” and ultimately, created a foundation for the United Stated of America to create an initial set of rules that would lead to a formal document called The Constitution. Americans still use The Constitution today to promote a strong government. Federalist No. 10, written by Madison, stands out among the rest of the Federalist Papers because …show more content…
America had to chose one or the other otherwise the nation would potentially shut down. Lincoln was speaking almost directly to the president and congressman because he knew that they were the ones who could make this happen. Lincoln knew that endless fighting was not doing any good for the nation and that ultimately the North and South would have to come to an agreement. Many techniques were being put into the thoughts of Lincoln that he had to chose the best one and naturally, he wanted to do what was best for America. His final goal was to make America completely free and abolish slavery as a whole. This was not going to be possible however until the Civil War, where the North claimed victory. In the time of the speech however, America was not quite there yet considering Lincoln had to convince Americans that slavery was wrong. He discussed the idea of “points” that could be obtained for slavery. Lincoln was trying to show the south how insensitive and emotionless those that were pro slavery, by supporting it and showing them what the world may look like when it is completely run by slavery. This enhanced the nation greatly because although there was no immediate effect after his powerful speech, it led to greater events such as the Civil War where the nation became free at last. By the mid 1800’s, America has already evolved to becoming a “More Perfect Union” as we see something as small as a speech can influence the country and eventually concluding in an ultimate