What did the Corwin amendment attempted to do? What is Lincoln’s position on the proposed amendment?

The Corwin Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Constitution passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification in 1861. Had it been ratified, the Corwin Amendment would have prohibited the federal government from abolishing enslavement in the states where it existed at the time.

it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939

basic principles: federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, representative democracy, limited government, rule of law, individual rights and responsibilities, consent of the governed, majority rule, popular sovereignty, equal protection.