Based on his First Inaugural Address, Lincoln proves that has no intention of removing slavery "in the States where it exists", meaning he will avoid interfering with the States.
Lincoln avoids the removal in order to protect the property, peace, and personal security of the Southern States because they are "endangered". However, Lincoln also does not object amendments made to the Constitution, but in a way that will not interfere with the "domestic institutions" of the States. His promises protect the rights that Southerners-and other United States citizens-have already obtained. Removing rights from Southerners, is claimed to be unlawful.
The message is directed to both participants in the heated argument on slavery: the North with the West, and the South. Abraham Lincoln addresses the protection of the South from the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation and near-future laws, but destroys the striving enslavement in the West and South; the two locations in the country fight against slavery to shield the stable economy, and the South protects theirs (or try to).
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