What are the similarities and differences between the northerners and the southerners that Lincoln outlines in his speech
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Explanation:
Abraham Lincoln's campaign promise not to increase slavery was well-received.
People in the North thought that the American way of politics had been skewed in favour of the Southern states.
There was more migration in the North than in the South. People in the North were engaged in manufacturing while people in the South were engaged in slave trade. Slavery escalated tension between the North and South.
Lincoln wrote the following letter addressing the differences
December 22, 1860: Letter to Alexander Stephens
Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them, about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect, than it was in the days of Washington. I suppose, however, this does not meet the case. You think slavery is right, and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.