[kiryandil]

Granted, your posts have merit, but DiogenesLamp's post still stands:

DiogenesLamp wrote: I have been of late pointing out how the Union efforts in the Civil war were an absolute breaking of the principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence...

[EternalVigilance]

I learned many years ago that there’s no convincing those who detest Lincoln. So, surprise.

[EternalVigilance]

I meant, ‘no surprise.’

[EternalVigilance]

DiogenesLamp wrote: I have been of late pointing out how the Union efforts in the Civil war were an absolute breaking of the principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence...

It must be pointed out that the Confederacy's position completely destroyed the primary moral, natural law assertion of the Declaration.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men..."