with no firsthand knowledge of the south and no real friends to share acquaintances, lincoln unsurprisingly did not knowledge the distinction between those advocates and others said their politicians and had no relish just like jefferson davis and alexander stephens who becomes the confederate vice president. lincoln put them altogether. he does not seem to understand being pressed by the southern regulators. but it powerfully position them with a compromise. also his partisanship. his actions made clear he approached the crisis not as the united states leader of the republican party. but the security of his leadership and anxious of party unity. many republicans and then not republicans alike to make a public statement addressing the issues of their rights and their determination of. time again. responding of the cascade of request i could say nothing that is in print. the petition could only harm his political position. with his inflexibility he seems not to fathom the most vigorous rhetoric could terrify the south. additionally every statement had been made not as the next president of t

south, and having no real friends or even serious acquaintance among southern politicians, lincoln unsurprisingly did not acknowledge the distinctive between the fire eaters, those zealous advocates of secession, and other southern politicians were fundamentally conservative who had no relish with this issue. men like jefferson davis and mississippi who would become the confederate president, and alexander stephens, here in georgia, who of course would become the president -- southern vice president who oppose secession to lincoln drew them all together to keep is not have understood the political force pressed by fire eaters or southern conservatives and southern regulators. now, while lincoln's ignorance of the south powerfully influenced his opposition to compromise, i think his partisanship also played a critical part. his actions made clear he approached the crisis not as the president-elect of the united states, but as leader of the republican party. moreover, by november 1860, he has been but a few months as party chief. that brief tenure left him unsure about the security of his leadershi