(01-05-2013, 12:28 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote: Wow Bill. Would you say that a part of Lincoln being such a masterful politician was he was so universally underestimated in the beginning? You are 100% correctthat AL was not opposed to changing positions of a matter. As an Illinois parie lawyer, he argued both sides of the slavery issue.....and if I remember successfully.
Jim,
What do you mean "argued both sides of the slavery issue?"
Best
Rob
In the PBS "Looking for Lincoln" Skip Gates states that AL had defended the rights of a slaveholder successfully and argues another case against the issue.