> Opposition to that act was, "We're not going to create new states with slavery."
Pretty sure you’re arguing in bad faith.
A group of anti-slavery people organized into a political party and elected a man who gave a speech declaring that slavery itself needs to be abolished.
Pretending that Lincoln wasn’t going to attempt to abolish slavery is just as bad as pretending the civil war was about states rights (states in the confederacy had mandatory slavery; no right to choose).
Pretty sure you’re arguing in bad faith.
A group of anti-slavery people organized into a political party and elected a man who gave a speech declaring that slavery itself needs to be abolished.
Pretending that Lincoln wasn’t going to attempt to abolish slavery is just as bad as pretending the civil war was about states rights (states in the confederacy had mandatory slavery; no right to choose).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Peoria_spe...