Agreed Mark, Moreover, Lincoln could have avoided the war, if he had one ounce of diplomatic skills, which obviously he didn't.
President Lincoln grossly distorted and exaggerated the motives of the South. He constantly insisted that the South wanted to “destroy” the Union, when it merely wanted to withdraw from it. He called honorable men like Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee “traitors,” though they never betrayed anyone in their lives. He accused the South of “aggression,” when it was the South that was being invaded, and truly destroyed, by the Union armies. Having assured the country that he had neither the power nor the inclination to disturb slavery, Lincoln made the destruction of slavery his lofty war aim in the middle of the war! The most glaring proof lies in the reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation, which was simply an ultimatum to the Confederacy. All states not in rebellion could keep their slaves, as could any state that ceased participation in the war within 100 days. Years ago, I found a list generated from some federal government entity, (Maybe the U.S. Census?) on the internet, that showed the actual slave holders in each state, and every state in the Union between 1861 and 1863 had slaves, to include all of the Northern States!! Revisionist historians and Moonbats would like to portray Lincoln as this individual who ended slavery, and that the Southern United States whole initiative in seceding and rebelling was revolving around slavery. According to Moonbats, the South is fighting a bloody and costly war to preserve slavery. Here is where Moonbats and Revisionist Historians get caught up in their treachery and revision: Almost two years after the start of hostilities and the Southern States seceding, on January 1, 1863, President Lincoln publicly announces that the South may keep their slaves if they just stop fighting. If it were as Revisionist Historians' and Moonbats' claim, (e.g.; that the South seceded only over slavery) the Confederate States would shoulder their rifles, march home, keep their slaves and declare victory. Historically, if it is as Revisionist Historians and Moonbats believe, the Emancipation Proclamation would be considered a declaration of surrender by the Union. So why didn’t the southerners stop the war and keep their slaves? Only one possible answer……Slavery wasn’t the sole issue!!! On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]>wrote: > > Any man that would start a civil war to collect inequally applied > taxes should not be admired. That would be Lincoln. > > On Jun 29, 8:01 am, "Mrs. Rabbit" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey, lay off of Lincoln! If the JAMES BUCHANAN had actually done his > > JOB, then Lincoln wouldn't have had to do it for him! > > > > Lincoln was of pure mind and heart. > > > > On Jun 29, 9:18 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Obama is the biggest violator of civil liberties since Lincoln: > > > > >http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=94921804062&h=n9REI&u=zhKri. > .. > > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:19 AM, bruce majors <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > Most constitutionalists and conservatives stopped calling themselves > > > > Republicans about 3 or 4 years ago. > > > > > > And Obama is now a bigger violator of civil liberties than Bush > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Frederick The Moderate < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> So what do all those "Constitutionalists" Republicans and > > > >> Conservatives think about his criminal acts in this regard? > > > >> Or is the Constitution only important until it interferes with the > GOP > > > >> agenda?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
