Beautiful speech, but the War Between the States had nothing to do with preventing government of, buy and for the people from perishing.
The Southern states had no desire to impose their will upon the North.
Either Lincoln knew he was being false in this, or he truly was crazy.
The Southern states had no desire to impose their will upon the North. Probably should not have fired on Fort Sumter then.
Implying that the Declaration of Independence was about freedom for slaves is more of a deliberate lie than it is about being crazy. Lincoln knew better.