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The Wade- Davis Bill was passed over Lincoln's Ten Percent plan. The Wade-Davis Bill called for a majority vote (51%), while Lincoln's only called for 10%. People didn't like the 10% plan because only 10% had to support while leaving 90% to support the South if they wanted.
Lincoln issued the proclamation mainly because he wanted to prevent England and France from allying with the Confederacy. While both England and France somewhat disliked the Union and Lincoln, both had abolished slavery already, and had strong anti-slavery sentiments within their societies. So while the South was generally militarily successful in the early war, England and France, despite being sympathetic to the South, did little to actually support it. Once the Union won a major battle (Antietam- although some consider it a draw), Lincoln issued the proclamation, so that it would not appear to be an act of desperation. The proclamation linked support for the South with support for slavery, and Lincoln correctly knew that Britain and France would not support it. Lincoln's gambit worked. The Europeans refused to support the pro-slavery South, and the proclamation even improved Lincoln's image in Europe- one prominent Italian leader proclaimed Lincoln as "the Great Emancipator", and that he would be long remembered for it. The South was forced to continue fighting the Civil War alone, and eventually lost.
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He had to gain the trust of the Border states that were slave states, he couldn't openly be against slavery while he was bringing in these states. After he declared war and had the border states he change his motives towards abolition to gain support from radical republicans (democrats in today's terms) and Europe. He wanted his soldiers to fight for a cause because it was proved in the American revolution that fighting for a cause is the way to win the war. He needed support.
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