when in March and May and July, 1862, I made earnest and successive appeals to the Border States to favor compensated emancipation, I believed the indispensable necessity for military emancipation and arming the blacks would come, unless averted by that measure. They declined the proposition; and I was, in my best judgment, driven to the alternative of either surrendering the Union, and with it the Constitution, or of laying strong hand upon the colored element. I chose the latter. In choosing it, I hoped for greater gain than loss; but of this I was not entirely confident... Yours truly, A. Lincoln In the lines in bold, President Lincoln describes pursuing compensated emancipation. How did the Border States respond

Use the text to answer the question. (20) for a trivial offence, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offence, and for a serious offence correspondingly, but not so heavily as to deprive him of his livelihood. . (21) earls and barons shall be fined only by their equals, and in proportion to the gravity of their offence. —english translation of the magna carta, courtesy of the british library how does this excerpt reflect the benefits and drawbacks of the magna carta? a) the document reduces the power of the central government but does not secure the rights of citizens. b) the document promotes democratic governance but without protecting civic participation. c) the document provides protections for english citizens but does not provide equal protections. d)the document provides for the rule of law but does not extend that rule to the monarch.