In his second inaugural address, Lincoln looked back on the situation at the time and said: "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the Nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
ɪn hɪz sˈɛkənd ɪnˈɔːɡjʊɹɹəl ɐdɹˈɛs, lˈɪŋkən lˈʊkt bˈæk ɔnðə sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən æt ðə tˈaɪm ænd sˈɛd: "bˈoʊθ pˈɑːɹɾiz dˈɛpɹɪkˌeɪɾᵻd wˈɔːɹ, bˌʌt wˈʌn ʌv ðˌɛm wʊd mˌeɪk wˈɔːɹ ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn lˈɛt ðə nˈeɪʃən sɚvˈaɪv, ænd ðɪ ˈʌðɚ wʊd ɐksˈɛpt wˈɔːɹ ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn lˈɛt ɪt pˈɛɹɪʃ, ænd ðə wˈɔːɹ kˈeɪm.