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To: Ditto
All you can say about President Lincoln is that he was the first president who had to SHOW that the power was there.

I don't know about that. In 1832, President Andy Jackson made it very clear that he would be glad to personally lead the US Army into South Carolina and hang anyone who thought they could nullify US law or unilaterally secede. George Washington did lead the US Army into Western Pennsylvania in 1795 to put down a revolt of people who thought they could ignore US law and kill US government officials.

Touche. :)

Walt

1,161 posted on 11/22/2002 7:24:19 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
All I can say about Lincoln is he was seduced by wealthy Northern intrests into abusing the Constitution and it's amendments.

It's a story as old as man himself. It still goes on today. The gathering (centralizing) of power in the Federal Government is the most alarming occurance of my lifetime.

1,164 posted on 11/22/2002 7:55:38 AM PST by fightu4it
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