What was Lincoln's reaction to the secession of the Confederate States of America?

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Lincoln warned the seceding states that he would not permit them to leave the Union. In his first inaugural address in March 1861, he stated, "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it.'"

What Was Lincoln's Reaction to the Secession of the Confederate