And what you don’t address is my question about authenticity, date and provenance of your “evidence”. Show me the date, who signed it and in what context it is cited where you found it.
By your own admission you are thread jumping http://www.freerepublic.com/help.htm#guidelines
and continuing some kind of vendetta that is absurd.
It's from a speech he gave to congress. Do you expect Lincoln to sign speeches he wrote for himself?
You can grasp for straws that this is not an authentic statement from Lincoln, but the truth is that it is.
I consider my points to be extremely relevant "TO THE TOPIC OF CIVIL WAR IN THE US."
Secondly, I do not have a vendetta against you, my position is the same as it has been for at least the last eight months, and you are but the latest person who has taken a stance opposite mine. (And not doing a very good job of it either.)
If you were arguing on the same side as me, I would not change my arguments or positions to contradict you. I would agree with you. However, you took up a position opposite me, so I treat you just like I treat other people who take up positions opposite with me.
I usually beat them into the ground with facts, evidence, and reasoning.
Oh, and persistence. Also relevant to any discussion about a modern Civil War.