I'll save you some time.
"No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State"
Promoted by Republican Thomas Corwin (Ohio) in the House, and Republican William Seward (New York) in the Senate.
It was passed by a 2/3rds majority in the House (controlled by Republicans) and a 2/3rds majority in the Senate. (Also controlled by Republicans.)
Lincoln urged it be ratified by the states in his first inaugural address in March of 1861.
Thank you for covering for my laziness and short attention span. That information is news to me and quite fascinating.
I asked my Copilot, part of Window’s Edge,”When did the US civl war start?”
It replied, “The U.S. Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina.” That sounds like the conventional answer.
I know some think that the north’s fortifying of Fort Sumter constituted a threat to take control of the river.
As you say Lincoln urged the states to ratify the Corwin amendment in March, one month before the attack on Fort Sumter. If he meant to head-off the war, it seems to have been too little too late.
You’ve convinced me that Republican hands were not completely clean on the topic of slavery. Yet, I still think the party was founded as an abolitionist party. History, like the present, is sometimes full of nuances and complications.