Answer: Lincoln had spoken against the Mexican-american war
Explanation: Taylor was considered as a hero in this war; meanwhile Lincoln's own military service consisted of three months without incident being a young man in the Black Hawk war, an experience he once jokingly described as "He had many bloody struggles with mosquitoes". In fact, congressman Lincoln had opposed the start of the war with Mexico, seeing it as an unjustified ground by president Polk with the sole objective of claiming more territory for the expansion of slavery.
