herman melville and his collection of civil war poetry. battle pieceononof convictions inhich he describethe iron dome. s anhe saythe iron dom stronger for stress or strain thwart the main. the founder's dream shall flee. for melville and my northerners and after the war ainly utherners the power of the federal government ow across the main streets of america and impose unprecedented dominion on communities and loe confederation of states and ntrazed governme so lincoln, when he gives his address was under such threat he has to com d.c. on the sly. as detective alan pinkerton thought there was an attempt to assassinate lincoln many southerners would make jokes about the desire to assassinate lincoln. the day after his election, south carolina announces its secession convention. southerners threatened, as you know in previous weeks for years to secede if their rights as slave owners were not respected lincoln's election begins this. the rst seven st to sede. over a month before lincoln even the seven states had seceded. so his goal for givi