Lincoln's Campaign Manager

	Go read the references for this section... Emphasize the economic positions of the Republican Party, especially the party’s platform planks on the tariff, building a transcontinental railroad, and passing a Homestead Act.

	Go read the references for this section... Don’t write off the South. Run a national campaign to win support in all sections, including a major effort to secure Southern votes.

	Go read the references for this section... Call for full political, economic, and social equality for slaves in the South and free blacks across the country.

	Go read the references for this section... Press for the containment of slavery in the South by banning the institution from the Western territories.

	Go read the references for this section... Attack the record, proposals, or character of one, two, or all three of Lincoln’s opponents.

	Go read the references for this section... Defend Lincoln from attacks against his personal history, his legislative record (particularly his public stance about the Mexican War), his connections to John Brown’s raid, and his alleged abolitionist principles.

	Go read the references for this section... Argue that Lincoln is a uniter, not a divider, and is the best candidate to preserve the union peacefully.

	Go read the references for this section... Promote a favorable image of Lincoln’s candidacy through parades, songs, cartoons, poems, and similar formats.

	Go read the references for this section... Remain inactive while the two Democratic nominees bitterly attack each other and divide their party’s vote, allowing Lincoln to triumph.