Talk:Peace Conference of 1861
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crucial sticking point for the Republicans
[edit]The Republicans were willing to guarantee slavery within the existing states in a strong manner, and fudge things in the then-existing territories in a manner which would ensure that the great majority of the land area (which was completely unsuited to plantation slavery or cotton-growing) would remain free, but while preserving Southern face to some degree (maybe giving New Mexico and Arizona to the south) -- but as with the Crittendon Compromise, they were absolutely opposed with unyielding determination to allowing any expansion of slavery in territories to be acquired in future by the United States. The question of future U.S. territories was the one where no compromise of any kind was possible. AnonMoos (talk) 02:29, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- The description of Lincoln's opposition is still misleading... AnonMoos (talk) 12:42, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
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