Yeah, he was gonna leave it alone. He said so many times. He even called for the passage of an amendment to guarantee it forever, or until every last state gave it up voluntarily, whichever came first.
And why not? It was producing 72% of his revenue to finance the Federal government.
We may think he was principled, but he wasn't stupid.
He certainly wasn’t stupid, but you certainly are. How many times has the Corwin Amendment been explained to you? You persist in making a mountain out of a mole hill. The Corwin Amendment pertained to States Rights (to choose for themselves to be Slave or Free). And to expressly and irrevocably keep the Federal Government out of it. That’s all. Period. With non of your pretzel logic. All you Lost Causers must be feeding from the same sty. Others like you are now repeating your hysterical revisionism.