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. ... His thoughts on race did influence the expansion of slavery into the territories, however at the end of the day, Lincoln was bound by the Constitution to uphold the law and would try to do whatever was possible to prevent that. ...

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