but surely edward everettnew that the southern maasses were n earnist that they were died hard confederates, not the dupes of slave holding aaristocrats. i will argue thisis morning tha the answer to this question is question. they were giving voice in the speeches that i quoted to a powerful and resilient believe among northernersfng a war of d. not to sdo anything but save th south from their leaders and deliver the blessings of free society. i aim to s show this morning th dive rans with such a powerful political fiend it true followers like a mag gnat and it enabled abraham to forge a coalition for the war. the wartime process of emancipation. andlincoln's reelection in 1864. along the way i will try to explain why northerners belief that they could save the south per zitted even in the face of massive evidence that confederates did not want to be saved. so first let me provide a little prewar context. i will build on what they told us lasast night. deliverance had rhetoric in a northern critique of the south. something that lincoln popularized in the cold war period. according to that