During Lincolns 1860 presidential campaign, what were his viws on slavery and its expansion?

Lincoln was opposed to the spread of slavery. He did not call for the outright repeal of slavery in 1860, or any time before.





Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio


September 17, 1859





';I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.';





';I say that we must not interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists, because the constitution forbids it, and the general welfare does not require us to do so.';





Another statement by Lincoln made it clear that ending slavery was secondary to preserving the Union:


';My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it, if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it.';





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Lincoln's view on slavery at first was that he didn't want to end slavery. he only wanted to stop the expansion of slavery. he believed over time that slavery would end. But during the civil war to keep the border states in the civil war from going to the confederacy, Lincoln had to be careful no to declare slavery to end. After in 1863 with the emancipation proclamation Lincoln stooped slavery he viewed it necessary to win the war.During Lincolns 1860 presidential campaign, what were his viws on slavery and its expansion?
Actually Lincoln publicized that he didn't want slavery ended, he just wanted it to be contained in the slave states where it already existed. Abolitionism was still a very radical view back then and he never went that far until after the civil war had started. Nevertheless, South Carolinans said at the beginning of the election that if Abraham Lincoln were ever elected, they would succeed from the union... and they did.
Lincoln's views never changed, and his comments were consistent throughout his campaign and his time in office. Yes, his actions changed, but you have to take action when traitors are trying to overthrow part of your country.





Lincoln, as has been properly pointed out, was opposed to slavery. However, he didn't believe the President had the power to interfere with slavery where it existed - this was not a moral judgment, but a legal position. Nonetheless he was opposed to slavery. The only priority he put higher that that was the preservation of the Union as a whole. Many time people misinterpret his ';cannot be half free and half slave'; as tolarating or secretly supporting slavery, which is rubbish - he was merely making it clear that the single most important objective was maintaining the Union.





It's important to understand that secession was going to happen no matter who was elected President. Had a different Republican been nominated, secession was still the plan. Had a Democrat been elected, secession was still the plan. The secessionists had plotted this day for years, and they had used propoganda to protray Lincoln as an enemy of the South, when in fact he was probably the least threatening of all possible Presidents. The traitors who were plotting this needed a rallying point with which to mislead the people of the South, and Lincoln was that false rallying point.
As Southerners became convinced that the election of Lincoln would be sufficient cause for secession, his views on slavery shifted again. Lincoln was for the free-labor ideology of equal opportunity and upward mobility. The true issue on slavery, he said, was the morality and future of the slaves and of slavery. Further, he now firmly believed that if the nation remained divided on the issue of slavery, the nation would not last. Lincoln said, borrowing from a statement made by Jesus, ';A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe that this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.'; At the 1860 election, Lincoln's private position on slavery appeared to be moving closer to that of abolition. On the eve of his election he seemed to recognize that his public position allowing the southern states that had slavery to retain it, but not allowing any new states to have slavery, would not work.





After the 1860 election, Lincoln made a firm public decision not to tolerate expansion of slavery into the territories. In other words, Lincoln's early position as president was slavery could remain in current slave states but could not expand to new states or territories. He promised also to support an amendment guaranteeing slavery from federal interference. Upon review, some of his views on slavery seemed to contradict one another. On the one hand, current slave states could maintain the status quo. On the other hand, he recognized that a country divided on this major issue could not survive.





Lincoln's views at this time were politically motivated, and they focused on ending the war and preserving the Union. He felt that Southerners must not be allowed to split the nation or to further beliefs that did not support human freedom and equality for all men. Lincoln waged war for four years in support of the position that the issue of slavery must not be allowed to end the Union. In January 1863 Lincoln formed his final position on slavery when he signed the Emancipation
yeah,he wanted to end slavery , and was on the unions side in the civil war. he wanted to end slavery to end the war because it was creating to many problems. Like with abolitionist and slaves of course
he had no problem with slavery untill it was gonna split the counrty up.