What does Lincoln say he does not intend to do?

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Explanation:

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Abraham Lincoln assured that he had no intention of intervening directly or indirectly with the institution of slavery in the states in which it existed. But if the South rebelled with arms against the Federal government, he would respond forcefully. This was said in the speech of the first inauguration of his presidency in 1861.