Why didn't the South like Lincoln?

The South did not like Lincoln or the Republican Party in general in 1860--in fact, in many cases Lincoln was not even on presidential ballots south of the Mason-Dixon line.  Lincoln was a moderate Republican who viewed the abolitionists as warmongers.  He was in favor of allowing slavery to exist where it was already established, but he did not approve of its expansion into Western territories.  Many Southerners claimed that all Republicans were alike and...

The South did not like Lincoln or the Republican Party in general in 1860--in fact, in many cases Lincoln was not even on presidential ballots south of the Mason-Dixon line.  Lincoln was a moderate Republican who viewed the abolitionists as warmongers.  He was in favor of allowing slavery to exist where it was already established, but he did not approve of its expansion into Western territories.  Many Southerners claimed that all Republicans were alike and did not see this difference between Lincoln and the rest of the party.  Also, Southern congressmen believed that eventually free states would outnumber slave states and this would allow them to vote to end slavery.  

During the war, Southerners also did not approve of Lincoln not allowing the Confederacy to leave the nation peacefully.  Southerners in the border state of Maryland did not approve of him instituting martial law and calling in troops in order to keep that state in the Union.  Southern sympathizers in the North did not approve of Lincoln suspending the writ of habeas corpus which allowed him to imprison people for hindering the Northern war effort.