Um, no. He was attempting to violate a ruling of the Supreme Court.
That was the issue that the South was upset about, that they were not going to be able to expand their despotism.
The territories in question had been open for decades. There were only a handful of blacks enumerated in the census. Lincoln simply wanted his white supremacist Mecca - a lily white west.
What ruling was that?
Dred Scott?
Since when did the Supreme Court have veto power over the other two branches of Government?
That is called Judical tyranny.
The Democrats split on that phony ruling as well, hence the election of Lincoln.
So because Lincoln was not going to obey a Supreme Court ruling (like say Jackson?) that gave the South the right to secede?
The territories in question had been open for decades. There were only a handful of blacks enumerated in the census. Lincoln simply wanted his white supremacist Mecca - a lily white west
No, Lincoln wanted slavery to end not grow.
Moreover, free labor did not want to compete against slave labor.
I am sure that you are the exception to that, you would not mind someone bringing in slave labor to compete for your job.
The Confederate Constitution had the Negro race signaled out as the slave race-forever.
So, stop talking about Yankee racism when the South split its own party over keeping one race in slavery.