To: libertarianben
No, the South was a constitutionally independent nation. He was not the President of it so he could not maker laws in a nation he did not rule. The south was a section of the U.S. engaged in a rebellion, and remained so in the eyes of the Lincoln administration and in the eyes of the world. As such the Emancipation Proclamation was a valid order, regardless of whether you agree with it or not.
To: Non-Sequitur
Read what the founding fathers say about succession and then tell me that again.
78 posted on
02/04/2006 9:28:15 AM PST by
libertarianben
(Looking for sanity and his hard to find cousin common sense)
To: Non-Sequitur
If succession was illegal and evil then why didn't Jefferson Davis go to trail and convicted of the crime?
83 posted on
02/04/2006 9:50:12 AM PST by
libertarianben
(Looking for sanity and his hard to find cousin common sense)
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