Lee never purchased slaves. He inherited them.
Lincoln did throw away the constitution, as in the case when he arrested the Maryland legislature because it was pro-secession. And, here’s Honest Abe’s executive order shutting down NY journalists:
Major-General John A. Drx,
Commanding at New York:
Whereas there has been wickedly and traitorously printed and published this morning in the New York World and New York Journal of Commerce, newspapers printed and published in the city of New York, a false and spurious proclamation purporting to be signed by the President and to be countersigned by the Secretary of State, which publication is of a treasonable nature, designed to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States and to the rebels now at war against the Government and their aiders and abettors, you are therefore hereby commanded forthwith to arrest and imprison in any fort or military prison in your command the editors, proprietors, and publishers of the aforesaid newspapers, and all such persons as, after public notice has been given of the falsehood of said publication, print and publish the same with intent to give aid and comfort to the enemy; and you will hold the persons so arrested in close custody until they can be brought to trial before a military commission for their offense. You will also take possession by military force of the printing establishments of the New York World and Journal of Commerce, and hold the same until further orders, and prohibit any further publication therefrom.
A. LINCOLN.
Keep up the hero worship of the tyrant Lincoln.
Douglas Southall Freeman in his Lee biography notes that as early as 1846 Lee owned a female slave named Nancy and her children.
Lincoln did throw away the constitution, as in the case when he arrested the Maryland legislature because it was pro-secession.
He did not arrest the Maryland Legislature. He arrested several members in September 1861 who were advocating a secession vote. Note the date. At that point the Southern states were waging civil war against the government and these people were talking about joining the rebellion. Given that, what should have happened to them if not detainment?
And, here’s Honest Abe’s executive order shutting down NY journalists...
The day before a forged proclamation had been published in the Journal of Commerce, the purpose of which was to manipulate gold prices and make an ill-gotten fortune for one or two of the writers. On the face of it, the purpose was to harm the government, give aid and comfort to the enemy, and that is in and of itself a treasonable offense. So arrests were certainly in order. Once the facts of the matter became clear, the arrested parties were released. Here is a full list of the correspondence on this case: Link
Keep up the hero worship of the tyrant Lincoln.
It's more cutting through the manure that keeps being spread about the Civil War, your post being an example, than any sort of hero worship.
Total rubbish once Confederates formally declared war on the United States, May 6, 1861.
Then those legislators met the Constitution's definition of "treason":