[brainstem223]

Ben Franklin disagrees with you..... and Ben predates by decades the hostilities of the 1860's...

At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results, and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished, asked him directly: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic if you can keep it" responded Franklin.

[oh8eleven]

Ben Franklin disagrees with you
No, no, no. Think a little longer about my statement that only one of the listed Presidents waged war.