You see, the biggest problem that this Yankee has with Lincoln is that he destroyed the government left to us by Jefferson and Madison. In fact I never really understood what a slimeball Lincoln was because the Civil War era wasn't of much interest to me until I sought to learn how it all fell apart. James McPherson quotes a Harvard professor writing in 1869 as saying, "It is as if I am no longer living in the country of my birth." (may not be a precise quote as I am doing this from memory) This was a guy whose life was essentially untouched by the war, or so one would have thought. What ever do you think this professor had in mind?
ML/NJ
I see it completely the opposite way.
I believe it is the Confederate democrats who have destroyed the Consitution they fought to secede from back then. If they loved the Constitution formed by the Founders so much then why did they just want to pronounce that it wasn’t their Constitution anymore and fight for that right? Why not work towards using the process provided by the Founders to uplift this nation? Instead they chose to rebel and fight a Civil war. They never stopped rebelling either after the Civil war and just went on to new tactics as the Progressive democrats.
I see Lincoln as having to fight a war in order to try and preserve the great government created by our Founders.
I see the Confederate democrats as traitors who sought to undermine the great Founding of this nation.