The answers are
-<span>States that already had slavery could remain so
-H</span><span>e did not want to see slavery grow any more.
Although he later would push for the Emancipation Proclamation and full abolition of slavery, Abraham Lincoln ran as a moderate voice in the Republican Party. He followed the official party line at the time of anti-expansion: no new slave states. This meant that states that had slavery could remain so, and he did not want to see slavery grow any further. </span>
