Posted on 02/12/2018 3:57:10 AM PST by harpygoddess
It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of the people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies.
~ Lincoln
February 12 is the anniversary of the birth of the 16th - and arguably the greatest - president of these United States, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Born in Kentucky and raised in Illinois, Lincoln was largely self-educated and became a country lawyer in 1836, having been elected to the state legislature two years earlier. He had one term in the U.S. Congress (1847-1849) but failed (against Stephen A. Douglas) to gain election to the Senate in 1856. Nominated by the Republican party for the presidency in 1860, he prevailed against the divided Democrats, triggering the secession of the southern states and the beginning of the Civil War. As the course of the war turned more favorably for the preservation of the Union, Lincoln was elected to a second term in 1864, but was assassinated in April 1865, only a week after the final victory.
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Saving the Behemoth was more important.
There needs to be a reset back to the original constitution.
... heralded by the spouters of Bullshevit.
Government. Also, we would have been divided, and would have fought Civil War after Civil War
You’re welcome to leave anytime (sooner is better!)
Sure. Combine two February birthdays into one holiday to make a holiday in January. Makes perfect sense.
Washington's birthday has been a federal holiday since 1879. Lincoln's birthday has never been a federal holiday. And while it's popularly known as "President's Day", the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 refers to it as Washington's Birthday and that is still officially what today is.
President George H. W. Bush officially announced his bid for re-election on February 12, 1992. I wondered at the time if he had thought that through—he might lose some votes from evangelicals by announcing on Charles Darwin’s birthday.
Secession is the answer.
I am not sure your meaning is clear on your last post. Can you try again?
Just try to do it right next time...
It was Richard Nixon who called it "Presidents' Day" by which he probably meant to include Washington and Lincoln, but the ignoramuses in the media turned it into a holiday in honor of all the Presidents (except for Washington's predecessors who were "Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled" and of course Jefferson Davis).
Lincoln's birthday was never a federal holiday.
Because rebellion worked so well the last time?
Yes, all true, though I refuse to call some random Monday in February “Washington’s Birthday.” And find 1 in 50 Americans who don’t call that phony event “Presidents Day.”
President Washington called the USA "our empire" by which he meant a good thing.
Word definitions.
Since Washington's time the U.S. acquired many territories, converting most to States, freeing others, I.e., the Philippines.
None were treated like traditional empires did.
Unless you count current territories like Guam & Puerto Rico, the U.S. is not an "empire", except in the fever swamps of certain imaginations.
Secession is not rebellion. Look at the eastern block during the break up of the USSR for an example.
The behavior of "the South" is fully explained by the following: they were Democrats and as such they favored powerful Federal Government to advance their own interests.
But just like today's Dems, as soon as they saw someone else take over "their" government, they went insane with "resistance".
The Republicans were the liberals of their day and the Democrats were the conservatives, that is fact.
democrats have always been democrats.
THAT is a fact.
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