Lincoln's Undying Words - Chicago History Museum

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Thanks, Roger.

Quoting from that website:

Quote:In 1860, Abraham Lincoln takes office as a political moderate. While he firmly opposes slavery on moral and political grounds, he does not publicly call for its abolition, for fear of revolutionary consequences....

Unless I'm mistaken, didn't Lincoln himself explain in his Cooper Union speech that his position was the conservative position?