Lincoln to Gatsby - The Govts Role and use of Power

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: GOVERNMENT 'S ROLE WITHIN THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

Debate of whether the government should be a union of states or the various states being sovereign independent units

In the Gettysburg address , President Lincoln brings out certain aspects of America as a

nation and the civil war , especially the battle at Gettysburg , which is very controversial

In referring to the reason for the civil war , and the sacrifice of the soldiers , Lincoln tends to

assume that the issues he represents and

his way of thinking are what all Americans wanted and

needed

In Lincoln 's speech , he mentioned the war being a test of endurance with respect to the

principles that the founding fathers had : all men are created equal and should live in liberty

Lincoln 's view of a democracy involved unity through a single centralized government . He led

his party to believe and fight for unity in administration . This view is supported by most aspects

of the formation of America as the United States of America . A central government represented

the unity of the American people (Herndon , William H . and Jesse W Welk .111-134

However , the other divide in the civil war , the confederates , believed that they

represented the true principles of the founding fathers . The confederates advocated for

independent states without the rule of a central government . To the confederates , this was

indeed in accordance with the liberty principle

The unionists and the confederates seemed to have a common vision , a government...