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To: dware

IIRC — Lincoln jailed Northern newspaper editors who tried to influence public opinion against the continued invasion and occupation of the Southern States.


6 posted on 12/17/2015 3:21:50 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Watch it now. To some, that’s close to blasphemy in these here parts.

There’s a few ‘invalid’ Amendments about that same time too. Real hard to argue, IMO, how a few under duress of, “You want to get out from occupation and join ‘the club’ again...” are in any way valid....


36 posted on 12/17/2015 3:57:49 PM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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