[The_Sword_of_Groo]

Don’t forget that Lincoln also wanted to use state revenues to deport slaves. The struggle was about political power and Lincoln’s fear that slavery leaning states would gain the upper hand politically.

[beckysueb]

Thats right.

[Non-Sequitur]

Don’t forget that Lincoln also wanted to use state revenues to deport slaves.

Actually that is incorrect. But even if it were true, Thomas Jefferson was proposing that same thing decades before.

The struggle was about political power and Lincoln’s fear that slavery leaning states would gain the upper hand politically.

When Lincoln was inaugurated there were 15 slave states and over 20 free states. I don't think he was worried about the balance of political power. It was trending in the non-slavery direction and had been for some time.