Lincoln centralized power in ways that the authors of Amendment X did not anticipate. He did so to “save the Union,” thus denying the sovereign states their ultimate measure to take when the Federal government encroaches. It had nothing to do with freeing the slaves — as Mr. Lincoln himself admitted. Otherwise, he would have freed those in states that remained in the Union.
How was the federal government encroaching in 1861?
It had nothing to do with freeing the slaves — as Mr. Lincoln himself admitted.
If you read the speeches of the Southern leaders of the time it had everything to do with keeping slaves.
Thank you. I am well aware Lincoln did not go to war to free the slaves. But the South certainly went to war to keep them.