Arthur McGowan and patriot08 didn’t said anything incorrect — why the attacks instead of facts and counterpoints? (That’s rhetorical, I’m pretty sure I already know the answer).
How does the saying go? Oh yeah, “in a time of universal deceit...”
I hate to shatter any illusion you have of Lincoln’s integrity, but Lincoln was ABSOLUTELY a tyrant and he got what was coming to him. Lincoln destroyed the 10th Amendment and set the precedent that the National (no longer Federal) Government can just ignore the Constitution. He implemented door-to-door seizures of weapons and, whether you agree with it or not, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the form of an “Executive Order” (just like something Obama would do).
He also closed newspapers, imprisoned journalists who disagreed with him, and threw opposition mayors, congressmen a city councilman and a circuit court Chief Justice in prison. THESE ARE THINGS THAT EVEN OBAMA HASN’T DARED TO DO (yet).
Sic semper tyrannis!
(Oh, and Henkster, I think you mean Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1)
The Lost Csusers tjink if they say it often enough to it is true.
Read some history from the time rather than the Kennedy boys who aren’t historians to begin with
Oh no, I meant Article VI, Sec. 3 Clause 1. It’s the Oaths clause. Every public official down to dog catcher is required to take the oath to uphold the Constitution. That means no state officer can take an act to have their state quit the Union without violating the oath. Therefore no state can legally seceed because there is no lawful authority to do so.