I never said that. The fact still remains that chances are slavery would end within the first 10 years of the Confederacy.

thats all speculation.

 

 

the wealthy plantation owners were none too happy to see slavery end and their cash cow dry up.

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause." The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume V, "Letter to Horace Greeley" (August 22, 1862), p. 388.

 

Lincoln did not care about slavery. He cared about preserving the union.

But, being a democracy, it is common sense that says that 20 or 30 percent at the most (slaveowners) cannot make a candidate win. In a democracy, majority wins. The majority of Southerners were not slaveowners. In fact, whereas many Southerners may have been racist, slavery did not help them as poor farmers.

alright, I've enjoyed having this educated discussion. It's a pleasure discussing this with someone who knows what they are talking about (I am always up for learning more). Nevertheless, my bed is calling me. Maybe this can be continued tomorrow. Although, I'm afraid this topic may be run to the ground soon.

Lincoln also did not want to see the expansion of slavery in any new territories.

 

 

Which is what many of those in power in the South were against, because often when their soils lost the fertility they would pack up and go west to new lands that were fertile in order to continue raising their crops or in many cases for their children to go west and live the 'good life'

alright, I've enjoyed having this educated discussion. It's a pleasure discussing this with someone who knows what they are talking about (I am always up for learning more). Nevertheless, my bed is calling me. Maybe this can be continued tomorrow. Although, I'm afraid this topic may be run to the ground soon.

It has been a pleasure.

 

 

 

You are right, it most likely will be ran into the ground, however there are numerous topics in this vast world which deserve to be debated and such.

 

 

I am sure we will have lively discussions in the future.

 

Have a good one.