As a Whig activist, Lincoln was a spokesman for business interests, favoring high tariffs, banks, infrastructure improvements, and railroads, in opposition to Jacksonian democrats.
æz ɐ wˈɪɡ ˈæktɪvˌɪst, lˈɪŋkən wʌzɐ spˈoʊksmən fɔːɹ bˈɪznəs ˈɪntɹɛsts, fˈeɪvɚɹɪŋ hˈaɪ tˈæɹɪfs, bˈæŋks, ˈɪnfɹəstɹˌʌktʃɚɹ ɪmpɹˈuːvmənts, ænd ɹˈeɪlɹoʊdz, ɪn ˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən tə dʒæksˈoʊniən dˈɛməkɹˌæts.