2 gen 1862 anni - Lincoln-Greeley Debate

Descrizione:

LINCOLN
- Lincoln argued the objective of the Civil War should be to re-unify America
- If slavery is abolished in the border states, they will join the Confederacy
- "The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'"
- "What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union"

GREELEY
- Lincoln must extend the Confiscation Act (the Union could take Confederate property) to apply to slaves
- The object of the war must be to free the slaves
- Emancipation should start in the border states ESPECIALLY