Please, let's avoid the fate of Godwin's Law by avoiding personal attacks. I didn't say Lincoln preferred slavery. However, I did say that if it were possible

Please, let's avoid the fate of Godwin's Law by avoiding personal attacks. I didn't say Lincoln preferred slavery. However, I did say that if it were possible to keep the Union (e.g Northern influence) and slavery, Lincoln would have pushed forward for compromise. However, the rift between the North and the South became too big. As far as the spelling is concerned: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/75428/capitalizing-u-in-united-states http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/75428/capitalizin... http://www.standupamericaus.org/sua/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/declaration_big_enhanced.jpg http://www.standupamericaus.org/sua/wp-content/uploads/2011/... It was common to use the lower case spelling for ``united" until the Civil War. Remember, you are citing the Federalist Papers, which supports a strong federalist government and thus a capital ``u." The Constitution, yes, capitalized, but some argue it was out of convention for title case. The Declaration of Independence used the lowercase ``united." It widely varied until the end of the Civil War.