He supported it because he wanted to preserve the Union.
The Union fought to try to preserve the country. They fought to preserve the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. At wartime, both sides considered it an honor to fight for their cause.
He supported it because he wanted to preserve the Union.
they fought to preserve the union states to be free.
Daniel Webster
At the beginning of the Civil War President Lincoln stated that the war was being fought to preserve the Union.
Since the onset of the conflict, until the end of1862 the war was fought to preserve or, better said, defeat the Rebellion and to restore the Union. Then international and national political reasons led Lincoln to release the Emancipation Proclamation, which added, though as a measure of war, a second motivation, that of free the slaves.
Daniel Webster Defended Liberty and Union
Lincoln wanted to preserve the union to protect and defend.
Preserve means keep, maintain. For example, to "preserve the Union" would mean to keep it from falling apart into independent states.
At the beginning of the Civil War President Lincoln stated that the war was being fought to preserve the Union.
President Lincoln's main goal was to reunite the union.