Here are the quotations matched with the appropriate Civil War-era address:
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Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address: "Through many years of controversy . . . we have vainly endeavored to secure tranquility, and to obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled. As a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; . . ."
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Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address: "I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.“
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Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address: "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'."
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Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address: “Our present position . . . illustrates the American idea that government rests upon the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government whenever it becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established.”
(Note: The fourth quote aligns with principles that could be associated with Davis's justification for secession, but it's more commonly connected with Lincoln's beliefs about government; the quotation may also need specific context to match directly. The passages reflect philosophical views about government more so than a direct address in some instances.)
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