What Lincoln advocated was to protect slavery where it already existed to avoid a war.
That was not enough for the South, which wanted to the right to expand slavery.
What Lincoln was suggesting was already legal and was only stating that he would uphold the Constitution,which meant that slavery where it existed would not be assaulted.
He would not allow it to expand and that was the platform of the Republican Party, to stop the expansion of slavery, not end it.
The lies of the Southern apologists never cease.
There only being a handful of blacks in the territories for almost 30 years, the insistence by Lincoln keep the territories lily-white was due to Lincoln's white supremacist motivativation - to prevent whites from competing with blacks for jobs.
Secondly, Lincoln's position was opposite that of SCOTUS, who held that ALL territories weld held for common use of all the states.
That was not enough for the South, which wanted to the right to expand slavery
What part of a handful of blacks being in the territories for in 30 years do you not understand? Expansion was not the issue.
What Lincoln was suggesting was already legal and was only stating that he would uphold the Constitution,which meant that slavery where it existed would not be assaulted.
His opinion was contrary to that of the United States Supreme Court which held otherwise 7-2.
He would not allow it to expand and that was the platform of the Republican Party, to stop the expansion of slavery, not end it.
So who died and made him god? The Constitution would have to be amended to prohibit expansion.
The lies of the Southern apologists never cease.
No lies at all - historical fact easily proven.