[rockrr]

"We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free." - William Seward

Why do you suppose he made that statement. Here's a clue: if you look beyond the limited resources of mises and dilorenzo you can find the answer.

Probably those in the North whom Lincoln didn't see fit to set free with his Proclamation.

Incorrect.

If the war was over slavery, why didn't they unilaterally end it when and where they could?

Because they recognized that they needed a constitutional amendment to do that. The irony here is that if the slavers had kept their pants on it likely wouldn't have happened the way it did and certainly could have happened without bloodshed. Selfish, impetuous bastards.

[DiogenesLamp]

I can see there is no point in discussing this with you. You have your mind made up like a San Fransico transvestite on the issue of "gay marriage." You simply don't want to hear anything which doesn't fit your world view.