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How did Lincoln redefine the justification of the war?

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lincoln did what he could to cultivate the assistance of the war Democrats, as in securing from Congress the timely approval of the Thirteenth Amendment. So far as feasible, he conciliated the peace Democrats. He heeded the complaints of one of them, Governor Horatio Seymour of New York, in regard to the draft quota for that state.

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The war had changed his perspective. Wartime exigencies had vastly expanded the federal government, which Lincoln now viewed as a powerful means of unifying the people and promoting liberty. Only a united nation with a strong central government, he believed, could end slavery and protect liberty

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