A House-Divided

[Gene C]

(12-06-2015 11:07 PM)maharba Wrote:  And in the House Divided address, he gives a hyperbolic anticipation of future Supreme Court rulings. Lincoln calls for an overthrow, he is apparently joining the Abolitionists to say that the U.S. Constitution was a mistake, after what three-score and ten years?

I must have missed or misunderstood something.
Were and what does Lincoln say that calls for an overthrow (of the Supreme Court, or the Constitution?) and the U.S. Constitution was a mistake?

The abolitionist may have had a loud voice, but they didn't have the political clout you seem to ascribe to them. The same with the secessionist (north and south).