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Agreed, but do not discount Lincoln's desire for war. Like many good progressives today, he knew war was an excellent method for centralizing power into his hands. He did all he could to push the South into armed conflict. He refused to compromise with the Southern states in any way. He set up the whole incident at Fort Sumter to get the party started. And Lincoln did not care about slavery. He cared only about centralizing power in DC and the office of the presidency. In fact, he was a proponent of exporting all Blacks back to Africa. He wanted to impose heavy tariffs on Southern goods and refused to accept anything but full acquiesce by the Southern states. This is what really lead to the war. Slavery was ancillary.
Agreed, but do not discount Lincoln's desire for war. Like many good progressives today, he knew war was an excellent method for centralizing power into his hands. He did all he could to push the South into armed conflict. He refused to compromise with the Southern states in any way. He set up the whole incident at Fort Sumter to get the party started.
And Lincoln did not care about slavery. He cared only about centralizing power in DC and the office of the presidency. In fact, he was a proponent of exporting all Blacks back to Africa.
He wanted to impose heavy tariffs on Southern goods and refused to accept anything but full acquiesce by the Southern states. This is what really lead to the war. Slavery was ancillary.
