... view on the institution of slavery. Before tackling the slavery issue, one must understand Lincoln's political views with respect to the Constitution, which was the cause for Lincoln's idea of a gradual extinction of constitution and not an immediate emancipation, which separated him from abolitionists, and explained why he was a part of the more moderate Whig Party. In his famous Cooper Union speech ... on February 27th, 1860, Lincoln expressed his agreement with the Founding Fathers that slavery is "an evil not to be extended, but to be tolerated ... could not be integrated into whit...

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