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To: #3Fan
So many items, so little time. More later.

There was no amendment passed during Lincoln's time in the presidency. You're making up things again. lol

Try again, I never said it passed. The Corwin Amendment ['No Amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any state, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.'] was supported by Lincoln as being permanent:

I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution—which amendment, however, I have not seen—has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak of particular amendments so far as to say that, holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable.

133 posted on 02/27/2004 9:28:35 AM PST by 4CJ (||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
Looks like he was trying to avoid war. In any case any amendment can be repealed, just as the 18th was. The fact that you assume the worst of intentions to everyone but southerners shows how delusional you are.
136 posted on 02/27/2004 9:35:02 AM PST by #3Fan (Kerry to POW-MIA activists: "You'll wish you'd never been born.". Link on my homepage.)
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