lincolns focus

Lincolns concern was more on preserving the union then slavery because slavery was mostly taking place in the union so if you didnt preserve the union he would have no power on slavery. if the union had successfully succeeded theyd be there own country. so in modern day it be like Obama telling the prime minister of canada to make all the canadiens to speak english. and primeminister would just be like noooooooo, who do think you are . or something like that. it doesnt really work that way. overall lincols was basically taking steps 1 preserve union ,then if that works2 we will then abolish slavery. you just cant do it the other way. trying to abolish slavery before preserving the reunion is like......trying to abolish slavery before preserving the union. theres really no better analogy than that.