Publick Occurrences, printed in 1690 by Richard Pierce while Benjamin Harris was the editor. It only contained three pages. The paper was disallowed after the first issue as the Governor and Council felt the paper was issued without privity or countenance of authority.
Taft was supposed to be a progressive but soon after taking office he realized that he couldn't please the progressives and the conservatives so he chose to do what he thought was best for the country.
He tried to fix the antitrust laws and not the labor laws in the US.
The correct answer is national unity.
This speech was given just one month before the official end of the American Civil War. This war caused significant fighting between the Union and the Confederacy. This war caused the deaths of thousands of American citizens on both sides. As this war was winding down, Lincoln knew that these Confederate States would eventual become part of the US again. To ease this transition, he discusses how the US must "bind up the nation's wounds." When using this phrase, Lincoln is referring to how the Confederate and Union states must work together in order to unite the US once again.
