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To: Colt .45

Once again the pot is calling the kettle black!

How so? Did Lincoln disband the Supreme Court? Did Lincoln nationalize industries? Did Lincoln force farmers to turn over a percentage of their crop to the government 'for the war effort?' And most of all, was the government of Jefferson Davis what the founders had in mind when they wrote the real Constitution and the Federalist Papers?

25 posted on 11/03/2002 12:52:33 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

Lincoln did the next most effective thing to disbanding the Supreme Court ... he completely ignored them. By the time Congress came back into session in 1861 Lincoln had things running the way he wanted them to be running ... and which Congressman in his right mind would stand against Lincoln when he could be jailed and brought before a Military Tribunal on some trumped up charge? Lincoln was not averse to doing that to those who disagreed with him. The word traitor was thrown around at every opportune moment by his administration. If you read the Constitution ... Article 1 Section 9 stated that only Congress with the approval of the Supreme Court could suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus. Nowhere in Article 2 which are the Duties of the Executive does it state that the President can decide on matters of law. When Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus, he did so without any authorization from Congress and was castigated by the Chief Justice Roger Taney. Thereupon Lincoln issued a writ of arrest to US Marshal Lamon to apprehend Taney. Lamon never served it, but it was issued! Lincoln shut down all newpapers that didn't agree with his war, and spoke out against it! He violated the Constitution in declaring war against the South (something only Congress has the power to do per the Constitution). But seeing as how your response is always that has never been proven, you are willing to accept whatever Washington DC puts out as gospel.

There has been nothing but a continuous chain of abuses and infringements on the Constitution since Lincoln and his administration. So on that note of calling Jeff Davis the tyrant, you must prove that Lincoln wasn't one. But as we all know ... you can't. By the way, we will always disagree on this subject.

28 posted on 11/04/2002 7:40:57 PM PST by Colt .45
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