He only illegally jailed legislators in Maryland in order to prevent the state from seceding. Every problem that we endure now with a powerful centralized government was spawned by Lincoln.
That's a considerable overstatement.
Every problem that we endure now with a powerful centralized government was spawned by Lincoln.
Not to mention the snow in Georgia, South Carolina, and the freezing in Florida. I'm sure Lincoln is somehow responsible for that, too.
Nope. A lot of them were spawned by Woodrow Wilson and FDR.
That is what honest and objective people eventually come to recognize after they've studied our history long enough. Lincoln birthed our current Federal leviathan. Wilson grew it larger, as did Roosevelt and Johnson.
I used to ask for and receive invitations to sit in, as an adult, on College classes at a couple of the country's top schools. One such class was a three hour class on the Politics of the Civil War at an Ivy. The professor is and was an author of a book on the topic I had on my shelf. I was invited to participate. I sat in the middle of a horseshoe, seven students to my left, seven to my right.
Long story short, is that I made a LOT of comments during this class. One was that Lincoln destroyed the Constitution bequeathed to us by Madison & Co. After the class, I spoke with the professor for about 20 minutes more. He told me that he could never say the things I did and retain his position and reputation, tenure notwithstanding. I think his strongest disagreement was with my comment about Lincoln. "He had help," the professor said.
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