>
>
> In a message dated 4/29/06 9:26:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> "At a particular point in time, Abraham Lincoln was the
> most hated man in America. When he abolished Slavery the
population
> hated him with such intensity that the white people refused to
come
> out and meet him."
>
> Please read my response in the context of that remark.
>
>
>
> I still have to agree more or less with Jason. Lincoln, was
sending son's
> off to be killed by the tens of thousands to supposedly preserve
the Union.
> When he announced the emancipation proclamation, the tide of the
war had not yet
> turned in favor of the North and there were politicians that
still hoped for
> a negotiated settlement and that, the emancipation proclamation,
ruined it
> in many peoples eyes. Lincoln had a very hard time in the press
and public
> opinion until Gettysburg. Between the battle of Gettysburg and
the next election
> Lincoln got some breathing room and was able to get more public
support. But
> the emancipation proclamation only gave him support from a
minority of white
> abolitionists while others thought it only gave the South more
resolve to
> fight on. Of course by the end of the war Lincoln was the hero
and even
> Southerners looked upon him as the person to protect them from
Northern politicians
> seeking revenge.
>
...and don't forget New York City and the riots that targeted
African-Americans for death. See, I saw that dreadful "Gangs of New
York"...
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