The Death of Taney

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/the-death-of-taney/ ^ | October 15, 2014 | Timothy S. Huebner

[Sherman Logan]

Jackson gave cover to Lincoln on the idea of hanging dissenters and secessionists.

So how many did Lincoln hang?

Think that would pass muster with the Framers or the People who ratified the Constitution, as "the law of the land", and Militia resistance to its enactment as "resistance to the Laws of the Nation" or some such formula?

So which law passed by a Yankee majority was it that justified rebellion and war?

Come on, think about it. Quincy Adams launched a sectional conspiracy to make war. And he articulated it (according to his most recent biographer) just as a young Illinois congressman took his seat in the House of Representative several rows behind him.

Your post is remarkably short on facts. You've heard of those: quotes, dates, documents, etc. Instead you slander a man who served his country honorably with an intent to kill hundreds of thousands.

The only Yankee conspiracy I'm aware of is the Secret Six, and they were quite obviously not only quite powerless but also remarkably incompetent. There is a good deal more evidence of conspiracy among southern fire-eaters than among northern abolitionists, who spent a lot of their time and energy fighting amongst themselves.

I am quite in agreement that certain actions of the federal government would justify secession and even war. But the federal government had done nothing of the kind before secession.

[Sherman Logan]

Sorry, JQA was an opponent of slavery, not a proponent.