[DiogenesLamp]

That said, the Gettysburg Address was a political strategy in the midst of an unfavorable war: nothing else. If it was about slavery, Lincoln, using his usurped dictatorial powers, would have freed the Northern slaves earlier that year with his "Emancipation Proclamation."

People can't envision Lincoln as a ruthless manipulator, but the more I learn of him, the more apparent it seems that he would accomplish what he wanted by hook or by crook.

He was a master at manipulating people, and this is why he was such a good lawyer as well.

As Lincoln's own Secretary of State remarked regarding the Emancipation Proclamation:

"We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free."

He points out the hypocrisy and illusion of moral purpose behind what Lincoln did.

[Kalamata]

>>DiogenesLamp wrote: “People can’t envision Lincoln as a ruthless manipulator, but the more I learn of him, the more apparent it seems that he would accomplish what he wanted by hook or by crook. He was a master at manipulating people, and this is why he was such a good lawyer as well.”

Lincoln was, after all, a high-powered railroad lawyer (who was born in a log cabin he helped his daddy build.)

Mr. Kalamata