The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't enacted until two and one half years into the war. I believe secession was what got 600,000 men killed.
You missed my point. I’m not talking about the beginnings or the reasons for the Civil War, War Between the States, or the War of Northern Agression...whatever you want to call it.
The Emancipation Proclamation came about because of that war, and that war cost us roughly 600,000 American lives.
What is an Obama Presidency going to cost? In my opinion, the cost will be our very way of life.
My point is that there are very steep prices for both events.