It’s clear to anyone with a moderate degree of intellect that Lincoln wanted to subjugate the south. Slavery was simply the method to garnish public support.
Then civil war was the beginning of the end. The US has gone downhill since.
There were a few sunlit moments, but Lincoln served power above all else, and now we have what we have.
The wrong side won.
As a disclaimer, I’m not a southerner.
I’m from New York. Excellent post.
)Of course, I do have Lee blood.)
Or not clear at all.