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Northerners viewed abolitionism as a dangerous threat to the existing social system. Many in the North also had no desire to see the South's economy crumble. If this were to happen they would lose huge sums of money that Southern planters owed to Northern banks.

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Q: Why did some northerners who disapproved of slavery opposed extreme abolitionism?
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