wouldn't lincoln, if held to todays liberal standards, be very unpopular today?

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didn't he continue the war that killed hundreds of thousands ,to include civilians, under a huge outcry for peace and only "freed" the south's slaves in order to undermine the south's economy.

why did'nt he free the north's slaves?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
 
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