From this it is easy to say that Lincoln was a Democratic president and believed in freedom for everyone, even though some of the things he did could be seen as Autocratic. Aside from being Democratic, Lincoln’s efforts to end the war and slavery shows he deserves the title of a heroic and great leader. Lincoln believed that in order for Democracy to stay alive, the Union had to stay together and to do that everyone needed to be free. In his early views of slavery, Lincoln believed that it was “a great evil” and that the slaves should be emancipated. But he knew that immediate abolition wasn't the right answer due to most of the country’s racist views. Instead he wanted to slowly free the slaves by compensating the owners for the price of their slave and in doing so have little to no opposition. Before the war had begun Southern states felt threatened that they’d lose their slaves due to Lincoln’s
From this it is easy to say that Lincoln was a Democratic president and believed in freedom for everyone, even though some of the things he did could be seen as Autocratic. Aside from being Democratic, Lincoln’s efforts to end the war and slavery shows he deserves the title of a heroic and great leader. Lincoln believed that in order for Democracy to stay alive, the Union had to stay together and to do that everyone needed to be free. In his early views of slavery, Lincoln believed that it was “a great evil” and that the slaves should be emancipated. But he knew that immediate abolition wasn't the right answer due to most of the country’s racist views. Instead he wanted to slowly free the slaves by compensating the owners for the price of their slave and in doing so have little to no opposition. Before the war had begun Southern states felt threatened that they’d lose their slaves due to Lincoln’s