Lincoln did not want to interfere with the policies of slaveholding states because he would need their electoral votes to win the presidential election. His platform was trusted by the voters of the Northeast and …show more content…
Southerners argued that slavery was not only needed, but in fact, was a constructive way of making money. While the opinions of the North and the South continued to differ, their goals and desires also divided. Disagreements over national policy grew more aggressive. The North’s economy progressed as the South’s economy started to decreases which causes southerners to feel hatred toward the north. By the late 1840s, northern and southern states evolved extreme positions that equally involved serving their own political interests and expressing their views of the morality of