“Not too steady in his grasp of constitutional law, President Buchanan signed the joint resolution the day the Senate approved it: an unnecessary step, given the fact that Congressional power to propose amendments to the Constitution is not subject to presidential approval or veto. Two days later, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States and the proposed amendment was largely forgotten, although two states, Ohio and Maryland, actually ratified it! An Illinois state constitutional convention that met in 1862 purported to ratify the amendment, but had no legal authority to do so. Interestingly, Lincoln alluded to the Corwin amendment in his First Inaugural Address (paragraph 29). Although he stopped short of endorsing it, he said, “holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable.” Those were clearly not the words of a wild-eyed abolitionist (as Lincoln’s detractors portrayed him), but of a practical politician trying to manage an unprecedented crisis.”
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That’s swell and all, but it has nothing to do with the Lincoln quote I disputed. Namely:
“Amend the Constitution to say it should never be altered to interfere with slavery.” —Abe Lincoln, December 24, 1860
You purported that Lincoln stated exactly this proactive attitude towards a slavery-protecting Amendment (hence the quote marks) on Christmas Eve 1860 (hence the date you provided). Can you substantiate that quotation or not?