Before tackling the slavery issue, one must understand Lincoln's political views with respect to the Constitution, which was the cause for Lincoln's idea of a gradual extinction of constitution and not an immediate emancipation, which separated him from abolitionists, and explained why he was a part of the more moderate Whig Party. ... As a result Lincoln opposed any further extension of slavery in new federal territories and thought that slavery would gradually go extinct arguing that it could artificially inflate the power of the Democratic Party. ... Lincoln was a member of the co...

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