Lincoln was a lawyer with a background in railroad and shipping cases before he got into politics. There's no doubt in my mind that his agenda in Washington -- first and foremost -- was based on the idea that the sovereignty of states should be eradicated and made subservient to the interests of the modern "super-state" (i.e., the Federal government).
It's no coincidence that this all took place within a decade of similar nationalist movements all over the world -- including the unification of Prussia under Bismarck, the creation of Italy under Garibaldi, the formal Confederation of Canada, etc.
Lincoln was a lawyer with a background in railroad and shipping cases before he got into politics. There's no doubt in my mind that his agenda in Washington -- first and foremost -- was based on the idea that the sovereignty of states should be eradicated and made subservient to the interests of the modern "super-state" (i.e., the Federal government). Then you should have no problems providing quotes from Lincoln indicating that, should you?
It's no coincidence that this all took place within a decade of similar nationalist movements all over the world -- including the unification of Prussia under Bismarck, the creation of Italy under Garibaldi, the formal Confederation of Canada, etc.
And only eight decades after that nationalist movement that unified 13 colonies into a single country?