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1. I've written on this topic at greater length several times. A fuller treatment wasn't called for here, so necessarily I'm summarizing. It's quite clear that compromise *was* necessary at Philadelphia in 1787, that many Founders aimed/hoped for long-term abolition, & that Const
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2. Armed the govt with some tools to do it, while limiting how far they could reach. If you haven't read Wilentz's book, he covers this ground in much more depth. The property/contracts dichotomy is a vivid example. Also clear that positive-good talk very limited in 1770s-80s.
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3. Lincoln of course could be opportunistic in what arguments he made on what days, but his approach to the Declaration & Constitution was, I'd submit, mostly consistent over time. You can see Const as consistent without fulfilling entirely, in 1858, all the promise of the Dec.
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