"A house divided against itself cannot stand. ... I do not
expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to
fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all
one thing, or all the other...."
Abraham Lincoln, 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
O Slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
O Sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
O The Southern states should be allowed to secede
O To save the nation, the North
should compromise with the South
on slavery