:The main goal was to keep the Union together, ending, or keeping slavery was a direct function of that. I disagree with Lincoln, he tried to appease both sides .... In the end you have to do the right thing. However sometimes the right thing and the hard thing are the same thing. (Jonathan L.) | :The main goal was to keep the Union together, ending, or keeping slavery was a direct function of that. I disagree with Lincoln, he tried to appease both sides .... In the end you have to do the right thing. However sometimes the right thing and the hard thing are the same thing. (Jonathan L.) |