Lincoln directed his inaugural address to the South, proclaiming once again that he had no inclination to abolish slavery in the Southern states:
lˈɪŋkən dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd hɪz ɪnˈɔːɡjʊɹɹəl ɐdɹˈɛs tə ðə sˈaʊθ, pɹəklˈeɪmɪŋ wˈʌns ɐɡˈɛn ðæt hiː hæd nˈoʊ ɪŋklɪnˈeɪʃən tʊ ɐbˈɑːlɪʃ slˈeɪvɚɹi ɪnðə sˈʌðɚn stˈeɪts: