Lincoln said if he could keep the Union together with slavery he would

He only rejected the Crit Compromise because it was unconstitutional

Seems like it was an issue for the north

🤔

And would have caused havoc in western territories

I can name several Union songs that didn’t mention slavery

Like I said earlier, abolitionists, including Lincoln, were more often of the opinion that blacks were inferior but slavery was immoral. So Lincoln wasn't in a rush to immediately get rid of slavery in the North to sacrifice support of border states with slavery which he desperately needed.

And obviously again most Northerners weren't abolitionists and most didn't care.

Rally Round the flag

Irish Volunteers

Glory hallelujah

Etc

Same with southern songs

It was more of an issue to the South where poor white farmers saw slavery as a method of upward mobility.

Dixie

Southern Solider

Bonnie Blue Flah

Flag

But to the average Northerner it didn't matter much.

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If we are talking about the causes of the war that’s political

Don’t shift the frame

You will do anything to weasel out of admitting you are wrong

Regular citizens in the south just saw slavery as the natural order of things

I have repeatedly clarified this specific point. I don't know why you're so attached to misrepresenting me.

You clarified it 3 different ways now

Slavery was the issue of the political class, the regular solider didn’t care that much

Seems more like you prefer to make vague statements and bend the context later

Seems we're at an impasse if you refuse to engage in polite discourse. 🤠

Guess all we can do now is get our flintlocks and have a duel

I cannot allow you the liberty to shift your context three different times every time I offer a new criticism

Lincoln wouldn’t have been elected if he was an abolitionist

That’s bad form on your part not mine

Europeans preferred to duel with swords.

It would be president Stephen Douglas or John Bell

I vaguely remember that Lincoln lost the popular vote but I may be wrong.

He won a plurality

Yeah that's right.

Followed by Douglas, Breckinridge and Bell

I don’t understand how anyone can engage civilly with this utter mediocrity @εïз irma εïз

Electorally it was Lincoln, Breckinridge, Bell, Douglas

That seems to be a problem unique to you, Otter.

Seems like more people than just me want you to stay in your lane

In all reality civil war would’ve happened no matter who the president was

Maybe you can start a club.