As I take up this office a statement must be properly made. There is not new current information to present but I hope to encourage a better future. Four years ago we were worried about a war, both parties were in social conflict. The Union divided over the legality and morality of slavery and war came. Slaves who mainly lived in the south knew this rising conflict was in relation to them. Neither party had expected the war to be this long, brutal and that it would continue even after the resolution of slavery in Congress. How could both sides be under the same God, the same religion and still have both of their prayers left unanswered.

Slavery is now an offence to god and he wishes it to be removed. He shall pray for justice to be brought upon corrupt slave owners and the freed slaves they have hurt through emotional and physical toil; He shall pray for the end of this war. What was said three thousand years ago, must still be said. "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”

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.