[AndyJackson]

the address not only proclaimed ideals of freedom but stressed the importance of preserving the union even if it meant using force of arms against its citizens, Jiang said.

To this you commented "Well he got that wrong."

But that is exactly what the Gettysburg address states. Historians debate whether Lincoln was right or wrong, but no one has ever seriously doubted where where Abraham Lincoln stood on the issue of preserving the union by force of arms.

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But that is exactly what the Gettysburg address states. Historians debate whether Lincoln was right or wrong, but no one has ever seriously doubted where where Abraham Lincoln stood on the issue of preserving the union by force of arms.

Lincoln spoke of the need to preserve the Union, but nowhere in the speech does he promote war as the way of accomplishing that.