He had to keep in mind that if the Union wanted to remain intact it had to please both sides. In an attempt to do so, he created a document that, in addition to freeing some, kept others in chains. The document gave the Union an increase in manpower and also support from the states by allowing those who supported it to keep their slaves. Slavery would eventually die, but not as peacefully as Lincoln wanted. And even in the case of freedom there was the problem of giving freed slaves the opportunity to exercise their inalienable rights like the rest of American citizens. Lincoln believed that slaves had only the right to see nothing more than the fruits of their labor, stating on September 18, 1858: “I will therefore say that I am not, nor have I ever been, in favor of bringing about in any way social equality and politics of the black and white races,” in a debate against his opponent Stephen Douglas for U.S. Senate from Illinois. (5 things) Although Lincoln would eventually push for the 13th Amendment and claim that slaves who ran away and risked everything fighting for the union should be granted these rights as a reward