Not to destroy your arguments.
However, to eradicate the twin evils of slavery and secessionism, no price is too high - especially if the price is primarily borne by the perpetrators.
Of course not, but just to oppress people.
However, to eradicate the twin evils of slavery and secessionism, no price is too high - especially if the price is primarily borne by the perpetrators.
Your moral squalor is the ornament of your adversaries. As for "eradicating" the "evil" of "slavery", Lincoln hardly did that, did he? He just shifted its focus and its form, removing it from American blacks and attaching it instead to the people who'd resisted his tyranny.
The South still isn't free after all this time, and the Southern States are still not equal members of the Union, since federal laws apply here that don't apply elsewhere, that make our elections thrall to the pleasure of the Director of the Civil Rights Division at DoJ. We know we aren't free. So do you -- your sneering, vindictive, gloating tone underscore your agreement with us.
So even when you think you've made a point, your delivery costs you the argument with every honest man and woman. You supply the exemplar of what all the old republicans resisted in the person of Hamilton -- the arrogance and the rot, and his contempt for American liberty that was won in the Revolution.
Let me make this really simple. We're Americans. People like you are not, and anyone who reads your stuff, knows the difference.
The South underestimated Union resolve to defend the Constitution.
Look at the casualty counts. You've truly got nothing upstairs, do you?
The price paid in blood, on both sides, primarily borne by Union men - all for the political aspirations of a few. Puff you chest, el Capitan, this is your moment of triumph.