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To: DManA

It is evil, but Lincoln, via the “Corwin Amendment,” supported its preservation in the states where it existed at the time of his inauguration.


53 posted on 08/28/2013 10:23:12 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: Trod Upon

So you think he started the war for what purpose?


55 posted on 08/28/2013 10:26:11 PM PDT by DManA
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To: Trod Upon
Lincoln, via the “Corwin Amendment,” supported its preservation in the states where it existed at the time of his inauguration.

Inaccurate. The Corwin Amendment merely made explicit the belief of almost everybody, including Lincoln, that Congress had no power to legislate on slavery within a state. Part of the amendment made it impossible to be itself amended by a future amendment. Something that is arguably unconstitutional.

Lincoln, who wasn't yet president, did not support the amendment, which would have been kind of pointless since the president has no role in the amendment process.

He merely said that if the amendment was desired by the country, he had no objection to it being made "unamendable." This was unobjectionable, since it merely made explicit what he believed the Constitution already said by implication.

87 posted on 08/29/2013 3:11:11 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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