Very much admire your work.
Thanks, but didn't you hear? You are me, and I am you. Whatever shall we do? They sing in harmony, who knew? They make stuff up, on cue. They fling poo. I know what to do. Cut the printouts into pieces and take them to the loo!
I wish. You are a magnitude level above me in both research skills and innate knowledge on this subject. You are what I would be after I grow up. :)
They sing in harmony, who knew? They make stuff up, on cue. They fling poo. I know what to do. Cut the printouts into pieces and take them to the loo!
It is a sad situation when you can find precious few reasonable people to argue the other side. My own observation is that "x" is often reasonable and makes a serious debater. Bull Snipe also tends to be more objective than the usual lot. Beyond those two, I can't think of any more names on the other side which I consider reasonable or serious when discussing the civil war.
On our side, there are quite a few people who are both knowledgeable and rational. Too many to name. Among them are Pea Ridge, Pelham, Rust Bucket etc.
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.I had a thought yesterday and I resolved to put it before you and see if you could enlighten us on a particular point.
In the past, there has been some argument with someone whom you may have become recently familiar, about Lincoln's reference to the Corwin Amendment in his first inaugural address.
I have read elsewhere that Lincoln had his fingers all over the Corwin Amendment in it's earlier iterations and may have even written it himself. It occurs to me that his claim of "I have not seen" is very likely a blatant lie, or perhaps his lawyer's tongue splitting hairs as some are wont to do.
Perhaps he had not seen the exact written words of that last version of it, but it seems highly improbable that he was not well aware of the gist of it, especially with Seward ramrodding it through the Senate.
With your knowledge and resource skills, do you suppose you could show us if Lincoln was indeed involved with the creation of the Corwin amendment, and how deep his involvement might go?