Abraham Lincoln: Waiting for a Victory: Part A

[12FlyMe]

Lincoln was running for re-election, and about to lose. .

His advisors were begging hiim to shut up about slavery. Lincolns enemies were calling him a nigga lover, that he didnt care about the union, just niggas.

Lincoln HAD to respond - by saying, look, Im fighting the war for Union. If Lincoln had NOT said that, McClellan wins and ends the war ---with slavery in tact.

Unless you understand that, you dont understand shit about the situation.

[carsel3]

He also remember was a politician. If you ask a politician what his favorite color is he'll tell you plad. So in his position he had to say whatever to walk on eggs.

[12FlyMe]

carsel - Lincoln was a politician - so what. He was trying to stop the insanity and horror of slavery.

He said those who sold slaves should be kicked to death. To say he was against slavery is an understatment - but he had to win election in a time where most Northeners even didnt give a shit about slavery.

So yes, he would focus on saving the Union. But he knew saving the Union was the same thing as ending slavery.

[ludachris475]

Abraham Lincoln was an ideologue.

[ludachris475]

Abraham Linkin Park®.

[DGillUCO]

He wasn't against slavery...just the expansion of it.

[chetansingh2006]

what u mean he wasn't against slavery but the expansion of it.

How can u get into the mind of the president if i may ask.

Everything is half truth from reality

[DGillUCO]

Because he specifically ran on that platform in 1860 when he accepted the nomination for presidency for the Republican party.

[swerve19]

And if he ran on the complete abolition, he probably would have never been elected sooo...He was likely against it but had to find some middle ground.

[kianz247]

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