They got upset because Lincoln represented a purely sectional party, the idea of which the founders had always dreaded. Lincoln was not anti-slavery. He was in favor of passing an amendment which would make it impossible for Congress to touch the slavery issue. He was also a white supremacist who believed that blacks would never the social equals of whites and was in favor of returning all blacks in America to Africa.
no, Lincoln was so anti-slavery he ran on a party whose main platform was anti-slavery
your verbal gymnastics will throw out your sacroiliac if you’re not careful
“He was also a white supremacist”
Who belonged to a newly formed abolition party?
Yeah yeah sure sure.
Tell me one leader of the time, North or South, who didn't?