Lincoln's actions:
1. Illegal appropriation of funds to build weapons (no Congressional consent)
2. Illegal blocking of Southern ports (considered an act of war, no
Congressional consent obtained)
3. Suspension of habeas corpus (again, without Congressional consent)
4. Demanding state governors conscript 75,000 soldiers (no Congressional
consent)
5. Usurpation of power
6. Deportation/Colonization plan for slaves in Liberia/Panama/Haiti
7. Shutting down of newspapers and other outlets
8. Refusal to trade Union POWs with Confederate POWs
Lincoln's results:
1. Creation of unprecendented centralized national government
2. Essentially dissolved state sovereignty
3. Creation of centralization national bank system
4. Reconstruction resulted in one of the greatest failures in American history
9% Union and 12% Confederate POWs died in prison camps because
Lincoln refused to exchange prisoners
5. Imprisonment of over 14,000 civilians by military police for "alleged"
crimes that never existed.
6. Shutdown of nearly 300 newspaper and media outlets that voiced concern
over the administration's policies.
7. 620,000 American Dead. More than all other American military conflicts
combined.
8. Nearly 500,000 American Wounded.
9. Billions of dollars in war costs, reconstruction, and veteran benefits.
10. Destruction of thousands upon thousands of livestock and agricultural
land, primarily in the South.
Many on this thread are still denying that pathetic little Lincoln was no more than a Hillary in disguise. Chances are, they are going to keep denying all his witchhunt deeds until a Hillary or a Hillary, Marxist wannabe is elected and everybody finds themselves in the grip of a Hugo Chavez regime...
Perhaps because that is one of the more idiotic statements made around here? Even considering the source? If I wanted to support despotic Marxist wannabes I'd come out in Jeff Davis' corner.
Look lady, Southern charm, you are wrong!