Posted on 07/26/2006 3:22:50 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - July 19, 2006 - A University of Illinois researcher had discovered a fourth copy of a rare letter Abraham Lincoln had written by to the nation's governors in 1861.
The letter John Lupton found Tuesday in the Lehigh County Historical Society's holdings was one Lincoln wrote as part of an unsuccessful ratification process for a constitutional amendment Congress adopted during the term of his predecessor, President James Buchanan, that would have made slavery the law of the land.
The president remembered for abolishing slavery had been willing to push the amendment as "kind of a carrot to the Southern states" if that would preserve the union, said Lupton, associate director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
"But even by that point, it was too late. By that time, the Southern states felt Lincoln's election was an affront," Lupton said. In fact, the letter discovered in Allentown was addressed to "His Excellency the Governor of the State of Florida," which had seceded from the union two months earlier.
Until Tuesday, only three of the letters were known to have survived. "It's a very cool document," Lupton said.
Joseph Garrera, the historical society director, said he will consult with the society's board to determine the best way to display the document and try to figure out exactly who donated the letter.
Does your hatred of "damnyankees" also extend to our boys combating the Islamic terrorist enemy in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas under attack.
IF you are as DUMB a bunny as you seem, instead of being a TROLL (as i sometimes suspect!), you aren't CAPABLE of knowing that those photographs were made when Kirk was REPRESENTING the group in court OR of UNDERSTANDING that LAWYERS represent ALL SORTS of clients. it's called "BEING A LAWYER!"
lol AT you!
free dixie,sw
pity that you don't know how many people here are HUMILIATED by your being on FR!
lol AT you!
free dixie,sw
otoh, i served with MANY fine, decent, HONORABLE northerners who were a CREDIT to the country & whom i was proud to know/serve with as brothers-in-arms.
DAMNyankees are south-HATERS & PREJUDICED/IGNORANT creatures (like YOU for example!), who likely comprise no more than about 10-15% of all northerners.
UNforunately that 10-15% is REALLY MEAN-spirited, sanctimonious,hate-FILLED,SELF-righteous, IGNORANT, PREJUDICED & LOUD-mouthed.
free dixie,sw
don't you ever get tired of being RIDICULED as a FOOL & a BIGOT???
free dixie,sw
PITY that you are so clueLESS that you don't know how DUMB you look to every reader.
free dixie,sw
you did NOTHING at ALL, did you???
inquiring minds want to know your answer.
free dixie,sw
did you think i wouldn't notice?? or did you HOPE that nobody else would?
fwiw, i write to suit me. (btw,it has been my experience that those who complain about FORM are incapable of comprehending the FACTS or they are "trying to change the subject" for their own defense. is that your problem???)
free dixie,sw
LOL
You haven't fixed your keyboard yet.
No answers until you do jerkoff.
ahhh screw it. You probably don't know HOW to fix your keyboard, so I guess I will have to ask you this question:
What have YOU done to stop the KKK from flying your precious CSA flag.
You'll get my answer when you give yours. Don't try to deny that they fly the CSA flag, but they sure as hell do.
and YOUR answer is???
free dixie,sw
Somehow I just DON'T believe you.
LOL
free dixie,sw
Ok STAND, but that doesn't change the relationship between his constituency, the Confederate flag, and segregation one iota.
Regardless of whether Wallace lied about his position on segregation, his constituent voters still approved his words and the Confederate flag was still used as a political symbol to support his segregationist positions. After decades of using the Confederate flag in such a way STAND, it is impossible to erase that symbolic relationship from the public memory.
To engage in a discussion of the Confederate flag today without acknowledging the indelible stain of segregation that blots it's surface would be to employ the same type of deception YOU claim Wallace is guilty of. Wouldn't you agree?.
-fwiw Wallace understood the damage he did to his fellow Southerners and toward the end of his life he sought to make amends for his Jim Crow past. His words and actions late in life were enough for some black Southerners to forgive him, which I'm sure provided some measure of lightness to his immortal soul.
spare us the "bad typing skills" comments. (i readily admit that i'm one of the world's worst typists.)
free dixie,sw
Read your FReepmail.
Last reply to you.
Have a good day getting your butt kicked on this thread.
LOL
and you're still hoping that our readers won't notice that you are desperately trying to "change the subject" away from your lack of action and/or that you never answered my rather simple/direct question???
free dixie,sw
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