[quote=Humerox;48442]He would have if he could have done so. He expected it to wither and die via no new expansion, and by offering compensated emancipation.
His letter to Joshua Speed in 1855 pretty much summed up his feelings:[/quote]
I think his letter to Horace Greely more poignantly sums his feelings on slaves:
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also so that"
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