The Gettysburg Address By President Abraham Lincoln

The Gettysburg Address was a speech composed and addressed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, at the time of the political fight in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. At that time, Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States. He was also the President who led America through the Civil War. During the Civil War, at Gettysburg, some soldiers died protecting the nation. This was mentioned in Lincoln’s speech, which was meant to be dedicated to the soldiers who died defending their people. He spoke of how a piece of land on Earth should be dedicated in their memory in order to show respect for dead soldiers. The Gettysburg Address was an effective way of President Abraham Lincoln communicating with the people of the United States at a time†¦show more content†¦Mencken criticized Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, saying that it made no sense. To Mencken, the speech was just one of Lincoln’s political moves to gain more fame and win the people’s support , and Lincoln speech was untrue because Mencken believed that the speech was just mere words to soothe the listener. Mencken gave the opinion which he felt was right regarding the message Abraham Lincoln presented at the Gettysburg Address, by criticizing it as being â€Å"eloquent†, â€Å"poetry† and said that its â€Å"beauty† undercuts its â€Å"logic†, â€Å"sense† and â€Å"truth†.(Mencken 1920, 775). However, it was not true because during the speech in Gettysburg, Lincoln proved to the people that he was not just saying these things because they was â€Å"eloquent† and had â€Å"beauty†, but, because he had plans for the growth of the nation after the Civil War. Mencken presented Lincolns speech as â€Å"It is difficult to imagine anything more untrue† (Mencken 1920, 775). Imagine the way the people behaved before the Civil War. They was slavery in the South; The North, with the help of Lincoln, the Northerners ga ined their freedom because, Lincoln stated the war was a test on the nation â€Å"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure†(Abraham Lincoln, 774). One of the major objections to Mencken’s idea of the speech was to state