Lewis Lehrman’s book “Lincoln at Peoria”: http://www.lincolnatpeoria.com/
Lincoln was a supporter of the US Constitution, as were most Americans, north and south. That is why the attempted secession failed. The Southern Founding fathers all regarded secession as treasonous. The secession attempt of 1860-61 was an attempt to overthrow the USA and replace it with a slave empire extending into the Caribbean and Latin America in alliance with the most extreme regressive European elements. All Americans should thank God it failed.
“The secession attempt of 1860-61 was an attempt to overthrow the USA and replace it with a slave empire extending into the Caribbean and Latin America in alliance with the most extreme regressive European elements. All Americans should thank God it failed.”
You must have attended public schools in Iowa. Lincoln had about as much respect for the Constitution as Obama has: In a word, None. Oh, and show me where the “Southern Founding Fathers” all regarded secession as treason. Your comment that the secession attempt of 1860-61 was an attempt to overthrow the USA and replaced it with a slave empire is too ignorant to dignify with a response.
BS. What a load of garbage. They attempted to secede and the federal government forced the south's hand and succeeded in getting the South to make the first move so they could squash the rebellion - a very smart tactic by Lincoln I might add. The South just wanted to be left alone. A lesson for Texas should it get any ideas.
Many of us are glad the Southern Experiment failed. My family in particular has a number of folks disabled and one buried at Gettysburg. That said, the Northern gummint that succeeded the sucession (so to speak) wasn’t something to be real proud of it seems.