re: If Lincoln had Honored the Constitution ...

Short sighted people have always existed. In no shape manner or form do I support slavery anywhere at any time. If the U.S. had waited for 25 years or so the Civil War would had not been necessary because of the McCormick reaper. This device ( along with the steam tractor and Deere's plow) would and has cancelled the need for slaves in agricultural settings .The South would have ended slavery because of these economics.