[aquila48]

I wonder if southerners felt at all represented in Lincoln’s government “by the people, of the people, and for the people”.

You’re going to like this wonderful government or we’ll kill you.

[DoodleDawg]

I wonder if southerners felt at all represented in Lincoln’s government “by the people, of the people, and for the people”.

Before they rebelled the South was over-represented in that government.

[onedoug]

I paid for a purchase at the Confederate Museum and Library in Greenville, SC with a $5 bill. The clerk promptly turned it upside down, stating they always did so there.

I replied that, “He was a great writer, though”, to which the clerk replied, “Ah, his secretaries did that”, smiling and letting me know with his look that that was just a throw away line.