neither. good 'ol abe was very pro-usa and the holding of the states together (by whatever means it took) but was against most of the status quo. he knew he got to the presidency by the political machine working at the time and knew that the people in washington wondered what the hell he was about but abe knew, most of all, himself. in all liklihood, a man like lincoln would never have been elected today but then he liked campaigning and speaking to the public. his methods weren't what others used but then he wasn't like the 'others'. he was a story-teller and to get his point across, he either told a real tale or made one up . either way, it was effective.
want to know the real lincoln, read the gettysbug address but i mean really read it; absorb each line and word. what he believed in, the ways he'd handle post-civil war america, the former slaves' admission into american life, the whole american ball of wax is there in his short 20 minute speech and probably got him shot. i know jon wilkes booth shot lincoln but i can't believe it wasn't backed by not only those in the south but by big $$$ in the north. lincoln had his own plans for recovery and not to punish the south for losing was a main point. if allowed to live and carry it out, as i'm sure he would've been re-elected, liuncoln was too much of an uncontrolled loose cannon and had to go. sad ending as i'm sure things would've been so much sharper and evenly handled than it was. jiim crow laws? not likely! carpetbaggers? no again. the anger held in the north would not have been allowed south of the mason-dixon line which brought out the anger south of the mason-dixon line. but we'll never know since JWB, the bastard, carried out the assassination of mr. lincoln. he shot not just a president but a father, a son, a husband - a man or worth. sad!