#6 EOTO & Mock Trial #1

 The Election of Lincoln was one of the most important elections in History. The main issue during the time of the election was states rights and slavery. Lincoln believed that slavery was a “great evil” and did not support it one bit. To Lincoln, American Democracy meant equal rights and opportunity for everybody in the country. He supported the idea of giving government aid to the freed slaves. He also supported them being able to establish their own colonies abroad leading to them having their own political and civil rights. 

Overall, Lincoln thought that slavery was wrong morally. He thought the main cause of it was that it was sanctioned by the Constitution, the highest law. Working strongly with the abolitionists, Lincoln deeply wanted the termination of slavery to occur. Lincoln’s Peoria Speech was where he declared his opposition to slavery which he later used in his presidential election. In 1860, the Democratic party was split, half for slavery, the southerners and half against it, the northerners. One of Lincoln’s main campaign goals was to not be like the democrats and stay unified about their ideas of slavery.