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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine is the momentous issue of
not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection."
-Abraham Lincoln, Inaugural Address March 4, 1861
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Which "dissatisfied fellow countrymen" did Lincoln refer to?
Democrats who had supported Stephen A. Douglas
Whigs who had stayed Out of the Republican party
southerners whose states had seceded
northerners who urged Lincoln to attack the South
war. The government will not assail (attack] you. We are not enemies, but friends. We must