“Sorry, but I’m almost certain this quote is misattributed — it sounds much more like that Devil Lincoln, not the blessed St. Robert.
I mean, think of it — if Devil Lincoln had said such a thing, wouldn’t it be proof-positive of his Hitlerian, Nazi, Marxist, Communist, central planning tyranny?
And wasn’t blessed St. Robert a firm believer in the sovereign right of states to be free of such tyranny?
So obviously the quote must be fake — maybe, yes maybe, Lincoln did actually write it, but put it in a letter with blessed St. Robert’s return address, just to fool young Lee into thinking his dad had gone insane... yeh, that’s the ticket.”
I have repeatedly encouraged you to work something humorous into your posts. You did your best; it just didn’t work.
And, upon reflection, I don’t think it can. Please do not attempt to do it again.
Still waiting on your answer to the question; Do you believe chattel slavery as practiced in America was morally wrong?