Jefferson’s Davis’s Inaugural Speech
S Speaker Jefferson Davis
O Occasion his inauguration as the president of the Confederate States of America
A Audience citizens of the Confederacy
P Purpose to express the Confederacy’s reasons for leaving the Union
S Subject secession from the United States and the creation of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Speech
S Speaker Abraham Lincoln
O Occasion his first inauguration as president of the United States
A Audience American citizens, although it’s addressed primarily to the citizens of the Confederacy
P Purpose to show the Confederacy that he meant them no harm
S Subject the secession of the Southern states and the constitutionality of secession
