[DoodleDawg]

That is dodging his point. Lincoln didn't ORDER the slaves freed in areas under which he had control. He did order them freed in the South, which was clearly contrary to constitutional law if you operate under the claim that the Southern States were still part of the Union.

That's ignoring the claim. The claim was that Lincoln did nothing to free the slaves in the North, something which is patently incorrect.

[DiogenesLamp]

That's ignoring the claim.

You are ignoring the claim. The claim was that Lincoln imposed freedom for slaves in the South but would not do so in the North where he actually had the power to do it.

My point of course is that Lincoln didn't have the legal power to do it in the North or the South.

[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "Lincoln didn't ORDER the slaves freed in areas under which he had control.
He did order them freed in the South, which was clearly contrary to constitutional law if you operate under the claim that the Southern States were still part of the Union."

As always, DiogenesLamp misstates the facts.
In fact, Lincoln ordered emancipation of slaves in states & regions in rebellion against the United States.
Emancipation was declared under the President's authority to suppress rebellion, "as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion".[21] , in Lincoln's words.