Oath of Office as President of the United States: Lincoln v. Trump

[David Lockmiller]

In my opinion, President Abraham Lincoln was an abolitionist, on a personal moral level, long before he was President of the United States.

David, although what I wrote above may seem otherwise, I agree with you (re: personal moral level).

I am glad that you made this post. I thought that there may have been some distinct measure of daylight between our views on the subject.

President Lincoln wanted passage of the Thirteenth Amendment very much; he was justifiably concerned that the U.S. Supreme Court would invalidate the Emancipation Proclamation.

Ironically, he referred to the Congressional approval and the anticipation of the requisite number of states ratifying the amendment as a "King's cure." President Lincoln did not live to see the completion of the constitutional process (Article V). But, he must have been very pleased that Illinois was the first state to ratify the amendment.