You do realize, of course that Lincoln’s tepid support of the Corwin Amendment was not in any way out of character. His interests was always in stopping the expansion of slavery. The Corwin Amendment would have done that. He imagined that slavery itself would die on the vine if slavery could be corralled in the southern states. His idea was that it would be strangled.
However, Lincoln only expressed the feeling that he “had no objections” to it. He never came out directly in support of it. That was a lukewarm “support” for sure.
It should also be remembered that Lincoln always believed that a president had no power to take away slavery in those areas of the country that were under lawful observance of the Union.
Lastly, no one expected it to go through. By the time it was introduced (in the Senate and a similar one in the House) the southern states had already made it clear that it didn’t matter what northerners did because they were already leaving the Union.
I do realize that Lincoln’s tepid support for Corwin was not about slavery but about preserving the union. With a unified nation, Lincoln would have more control over the south in all areas including slavery.
So why did the south walk away from this golden ticket? Why fight a bloody war when there was a much easier way to keep slaves?
You probably know the answer to that but sadly, our electorate does not and neither does this WaPo propagandist who thinks the south rejected Obama for his skin color.
What southerners hate is uppity northerners who employ morally superior bullying tactics to confiscate wealth. When done Chicago style it is doubly offensive.
Lincoln's involvement with the Corwin Amendment goes well beyond tepid.
From a quick search: "In 1861, a proposed amendment, was signed by President Lincoln. This was the only proposed amendment that was ever signed by a president. That resolve to amend read: "ARTICLE THIRTEEN, 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." (In other words, President Lincoln had signed a resolve that would have permitted slavery, and upheld states' rights.) Only one State, Illinois, ratified this proposed amendment before the Civil War broke out in 1861.