III. Singleton says that Lincoln rejoiced greatly at Clay’s defeat.
IV. Lincoln never supported any of Clay’s policies, for
a. Lincoln voted forty-two times for the Wilmot Proviso, whereas Clay opposed it.
D. Refutation: Lincoln’s statement that the slavery question is the only thing that ever threatened the Union is false, for
I. Nullification threatened the Union in 1832.
II. In 1813 the Hartford Convention threatened the Union.
E. The fathers made this government divided into free and slave states, recognizing the right of each to decide all its local questions for itself, for
I. They did not abolish or establish slavery in any of the states.
II. Refutation: The statement that conditions have changed does not affect the question, for
a. Changed conditions do not change the principles of the government.