Original sentence: Despite support for this compromise among moderate Republicans and across the nation, Lincoln declared that were the Compromise accepted, it "would amount to a perpetual covenant of war against every people, tribe, and state owning a foot of land between here and Tierra del Fuego.Lincoln, however, adamantly opposed the Crittenden Compromise, which would have permitted slavery in the territories, renewing the boundary set by  the Missouri Compromise and extending it to California
Edited sentence: Lincoln was so ineffectual during the first months of his presidency that his Secretary of State, William H.Lincoln would not agree to any compromise which would have allowed slavery in the territories.Lincoln, however, refused to support the Crittenden Compromise, which would have extended the Missouri Compromise line to California, despite widespread support for this compromise among moderate Republicans and across the nation.Lyman Trumbull, who advocated a hard-line against the South.On this issue, Lincoln proved unwilling to confront powerful Radical Republicans in his own party, like Senator Zachariah Chandler of Michigan, Senator Benjamin F.Seward, offered to take over presidential duties for a time.Throughout the rest of his presidency Lincoln proved much more willing to defy the wishes of the Radical Republicans, refusing to go along with Radical Reconstruction policy.Wade of Ohio, and Illinois Sen