I doubt that. We all acknowledge Lincoln's greatness, humanity and contributions.
"We all acknowledge Lincoln's greatness, humanity and contributions."
Actually not everybody. Some can see him for what he was, not what the history writers made him out to be.
Lincoln did other great things that never get acknowledged. The whole expansion into the west was going on under his watch. The land grant college system is huge and not hardly no one gives hime credit for it. Even my beloved LSU was a part of that. Before then we were a small Military Semianry(headed by Gen Sherman by the way). Most major colleges especially in the South are based off that far sighted legislation
Oh, now you're just baiting the neocon[federate]s.
LOL! Speak for yourself.
Allowing the federal government to escape it's designated, Constitutional confines so painstakingly constructed by the Founders just so he wouldn't be remembered as the President under whom the country was (partially) dissolved isn't an accolade deserving of the denotation 'greatness', IMHO.
Nor was he humanitarian by any stretch of the imagination. Almost a million people died in that war.
My only solace is that he had the ability to look down upon the country in horror and realize his actions opened the door for the federal government to enslave us all.
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Note: As many Freepers cannot discern between the LEGAL and MORAL issues of slavery as it existed at that time, anyone replying with the 'So you think we should reinstate slavery', 'You're a racist' type screes will be summarily ignored.
You should also accept the fact that Lincoln was a bloody tyrant.
I doubt that. We all acknowledge Lincoln's greatness, humanity and contributions.
You know, I love it when the socialists use "We". Anytime I hear it, I know somebody is talking an agenda, and they're trying to make everybody else feel like an outsider if they don't agree.
Some of us are grown up enough we can speak for ourselves.
Who does? I don't.