"You will notice that the cost of war was too expensive, so he offers to BUY the Slaves? When if he just allowed the Southern States their Independence It would have cost him less to withdraw his troops."

Exactly to my way of thinking. I had read somewhere some figures told how much the war cost Lincoln per day and the cost of his proposed "buyout." What he was offering for the slaves was far less than the war cost the Union per day. If anyone has these figures with a reliable source, please post.

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