"The maintenance of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to it's own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . . ."
- Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address, March 4, 1861

Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each state to control it's own affairs in his inaugural address?

A) To assure the North that slavery would be abolished in all states
B) To assure the South there would be no war

Question

"The maintenance of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to it's own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . . ."
- Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address, March 4, 1861 

Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each state to control it's own affairs in his inaugural address? 

A) To assure the North that slavery would be abolished in all states 
B) To assure the South there would be no war

anonymous · Answer

C) To assure the confederate states of America that their decision to secede was valid 
D) To assure the Southern states at they would make their own decisions about slavery. 

I think it's C but I need that double checked!