I had decided not to address you anymore because it’s like talking to a wall. But I can’t let this go because I know you have been told on numerous other threads why Lincoln did not free the slaves in states that stayed loyal to the Union. HE COULD NOT FREE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!!
In states that were in rebellion he had the constitutional authority to proclaim slaves contraband of war and free them.
But it was constitutional to do it in the other states? I know, you give him special powers to do that, and you convince yourself that what was completely unconstitutional before, was somehow made constitutional because he had an army that could impose his will.
But what does "constitutional" have to do with the moral imperative of freeing slaves? What does a constitution matter when you have a war being fought for a higher morality?
What you want is both legal and moral justification for invading and killing other people who wanted out from Washington DC's control, and you are going to convince yourself you had it one way or the other, by telling yourself whatever it is you want to hear that allows you to believe what you want to believe.
Confederate states never left the union? Sure! When we need it to be that way. Confederate states did leave the Union? Sure! When we need it to be that way.
Constitutional law applies? Sure! When we need to justify not freeing the slaves in Maryland. Constitutional law doesn't apply? Sure! When we want to illegally free the slaves in the Confederate states, which did or did not leave the Union, based on whatever point we wish to justify.
Moral authority to kill people? Sure! When we need it. Legal authority? Sure! When we need it.
In states that were in rebellion he had the constitutional authority to proclaim slaves contraband of war and free them.
That is made up. The constitution does not say any such thing, but like I said, the Union apologists will make up any "law" that suits their need. Just as Modern day liberals rubber band the constitution to create a right to homosexual marriage, anchor babies, ban prayer in schools, and create a phoney baloney right to abortion, so too did the liberals in the 1860s rubber band the constitution back then.
It means whatever they claim it means, so "shut up, they reply."