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crucial sticking point for the Republicans

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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.[1] 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)[reply]

The description of Lincoln's opposition is still misleading... AnonMoos (talk) 12:42, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]